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2. Akwete cloth - Wikipedia

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   Fabrics are woven to be single faced or double faced, that is the motifs show on both sides. Too much pressure while weaving can cause a design to appear lopsided when completed. Weaving techniques and symbolism additionally includes mixing colors for a wide variety of effects. The swivel inlay technique is also commonly used. [9]

3. Shaphee lanphee - Wikipedia

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   The motifs embroidered on the fabric consists of several designs, and some of the common designs adopted are: of animals such as "shamu" (elephant), "shagol" (horse), "iroichi" (buffalo horn), "wahong" (peacock), and "Nga" (fish); planets such as "numit" (sun), tha (moon); Thawanmichak (star) ; and also phantup (magical seat, ta (spear ...

4. African textiles - Wikipedia

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   To make cloth raffia fabric, fibres from raphia palm trees are harvested, the upper skin is stripped and left to dry in the sun. The fibre is then woven into skirts and wraps. Raphia weaving is also concentrated in the eastern part of Madagascar where contemporary haklkat raphia wraps are tie-dyed with multiple colors.

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   The Nightingale Cardi features a heavyweight knit fabric that’s made from a blend of cotton and acrylic with small amounts of spandex and nylon mixed in. ... The best White Elephant gifts that ...

6. Caparison - Wikipedia

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   A decorated Indian elephant carrying a howdah during a fair in Jaipur, India Nettipattam on a Caparison elephant. In the Indian state of Kerala, elephants are decorated during temple festivals. They wear a distinctive golden head covering called a nettipattam, which is often translated into English as an elephant caparison. However, it covers ...

7. Howdah - Wikipedia

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   Howdahs on the elephants of the Maharaja of Travancore.May 1841. Elephant with howdah. A howdah, or houdah (Hindi: हौदा, romanized: haudā), derived from the Arabic هودج (hawdaj), which means "bed carried by a camel", also known as hathi howdah (hāthī haudā, हाथी हौदा), is a carriage which is positioned on the back of an elephant, or occasionally some other ...