cache-sexe (loin cloth)

Beaded loin cloth/cache sex; multi-colored vertical stripes; seed beads strung on brown cotton warp elements and secured by a cotton weft (placed every two rows); warp elements folded over two lengths of brown cotton to start the weaving�continuous tie ends extend beyond the beading; tie end lengths plied together and knotted at the end; groups of five warp ends gathered and passed through two larger glass beads; in most cases two groups of warp ends extending beyond the larger glass beads knotted together and passed through a cowrie shell and knotted again; occasional warp end groups not paired, rather a cowrie shell is attached to just a single grouping of warps.