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Mantle of coarse, undyed, chiefly yellowish-white wool, in plain weave. Along the lower edge a thin fringe, every three pairs of warps gathered in groups and firmly interlaced to the edge of the fabric and twisted together into the fringe, the ends finished with a loop.

About 10 cm from the fringed side four shoots of weft of red wool, inwards from selvages, at one edge 17.5 cm, at the other 16 cm. Warp of partly yellowish-white, partly greyish-brown yarn, 50 threads to 10 cm. Weft white, 85 threads to 10 cm; double shoots of weft at 5.4 cm. at beginning of fabric, 5.2 at end. At the upper edge (= beginning of weave) loops of warps are inserted in each other. The selvages are strengthened by a thick cord edge made of groups of wefts alternately intertwined. Br. 1.6 cm. Th. 1 cm. L. of winding ia cm.

Size excl. fringe 2.1x1.55 m . L. of fringe about 14.6 cm. Dist. between fringe ends 1.2—2.8 cm. (Bergman 1939:90)