Beaded loin cloth/cache sex; orange rabbits and blue plant forms on a white ground; seed beads strung on cotton warp elements and secured by a cotton weft (placed every two rows); warp elements folded over two lengths of cotton �string� to start the weaving�continuous tie ends extend beyond the beading; at bottom or weaving, groups of seven to nine warp ends gathered and passed through a larger glass bead; two groups of warp ends extending beyond the larger glass bead pass through a cowrie shell with its top cut off and are knotted to hold it in place; one cowrie shell is attached to a single group of warp elements.
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