cache-sexe (loin cloth)

Beaded loin cloth/cache sex; horizontal bands of diamonds�green (some with yellow detailing), white with red triangle centers and black with yellow centers�bordered at top and bottom with bands of orange triangles; warp elements folded over a gathering of multiple strands of cotton thread; beads strung on doubled warp elements in groups of two; warp elements split and alternate sharing with adjacent warp pairs after each addition of two beads; at the end of beading warp elements gathered into groups of five and passed through two larger orange glass beads; the ends are knotted and then knotted together with an adjacent gathering to form pairs; the pairs are twisted together and passed through a cowrie shell and knotted; these cowrie shells attached ~1� below beading creating a short weighted fringe; an orange seed bead is caught inside one of the cowrie shells�second one from one end; waist tie ends extending beyond beading at the top of each side and are twisted and knotted toward their end; one extension splits into two parts below the first knot.