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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9637713, member: 8267"]I can't identify it for sure - just some observations. If it was made for actual use as a belt or sash, I would expect the warp ends to be finished as tassels, or turned under and sewn, to prevent it from unraveling. </p><p><br /></p><p>The length and width are similar to strip woven cloth from West Africa (kente cloth), particularly that made by the Ewe people of Ghana, who make cloths with simple stripes such as on this piece. Such strips might not have finished ends until they are incorporated into a larger cloth, with the long strips being sewn together edge to edge. The three hour-glass type designs resemble designs used on West African strip cloth. But I have not seen design areas like those added at the ends of your cloth.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think pic 1 is probably the front. The designs are created with what is called a "supplementary weft", an additional weft thread that is worked in on top of the wefts that form the ground fabric. The longer white threads, called "floats", are usually on the back of a textile. They are just a way to get the supplementary weft to the next place they are needed in the design on the front.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9637713, member: 8267"]I can't identify it for sure - just some observations. If it was made for actual use as a belt or sash, I would expect the warp ends to be finished as tassels, or turned under and sewn, to prevent it from unraveling. The length and width are similar to strip woven cloth from West Africa (kente cloth), particularly that made by the Ewe people of Ghana, who make cloths with simple stripes such as on this piece. Such strips might not have finished ends until they are incorporated into a larger cloth, with the long strips being sewn together edge to edge. The three hour-glass type designs resemble designs used on West African strip cloth. But I have not seen design areas like those added at the ends of your cloth. I think pic 1 is probably the front. The designs are created with what is called a "supplementary weft", an additional weft thread that is worked in on top of the wefts that form the ground fabric. The longer white threads, called "floats", are usually on the back of a textile. They are just a way to get the supplementary weft to the next place they are needed in the design on the front.[/QUOTE]
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