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BURMESE TEXTILES.

Fig. 13a. GS 60. Woman's Coat. Mühso tribe. Kengtung States.


About a centimetre above this fringe is a stripe, red, yellow, red, 3 cm. wide, and 38 cm. (15in.) further up is a broad red stripe produced by the use of a non-twisted red silk weft which is so much more closely beaten up than the rest of the cloth that the width is increased to 30.4 cm. (12in.) This red silk stripe is bordered on either