Mid-20th century
Square piece of embroidery folded into a triangular bag. The cloth is decorated with squares triangles and bands in dark red yellow green black and white as well as being decorated on five corners with tassels made from cowrie shells. Some of the tassels also have metal finials.
TRC 2021.1986
Bag
Textile Research Centre
Cotton shells metal
Factory woven cloth hand embroidered (chain stitch plaited stitch) shell tassels