man's ceremonial cape

A cloak or mantle made from minimally processed plant fiber using a plain oblique interlacing technique. Two edges of the cloak are finished by passing the plant fibers back into the structure and then pinching the edges during the tie-dye process so that a crenellated 'pie crust' edge is formed. The other two edges are raw and raveling, though there are indications that this was originally a cut 'saw-tooth' edge. The cloak has been lavishly decorated with tie-dye patterns that still retain a good deal of their three-dimensional shape. The tie-dye patterns, in yellow, red, and dark brown, are arranged in blocks and bars of various circular and line shapes. The cloak appears complete apart from minor losses at the raw edges.