cache-sexe (loin cloth)

Beaded loin cloth/cache sex; two red fish and red plant forms on green ground; seed beads strung on light brown 2-ply cotton warp elements and secured by a cotton weft (placed after each row of beads); warp elements folded over many lengths of cotton thread laid parallel to start the weaving�short continuous tie ends extend beyond the beading; groups of four to five warp ends gathered and passed through two larger dark blue cylindrical glass beads; warp ends extending beyond the larger beads divided into two groups and plied together; some pairs of plied warp ends are passed through a cowrie shell (with its top cut off) and knotted; other plied ends passes through cowrie shells individually.