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2. Navajo weaving - Wikipedia

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   Red tones in Navajo rugs of this period come either from Saxony or from a raveled cloth known in Spanish as bayeta, which was a woolen manufactured in England. With the arrival of the railroad in the early 1880s, another machine-produced yarn came into use in Navajo weaving: four-ply aniline dyed yarn known as Germantown because the yarn was ...

3. Nguni shield - Wikipedia

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   The ihubelo is a large shield used for hunting, smaller than isihlangu, but larger than the ihawu. The ihawu is a small to medium-sized shield used at dances. [3]: 318 The igqoka is a small, neat shield for courting, and the igabelomunye is the smallest decorative shield, [7] which may be used as an accessory to dancing. [6]: 29

4. Cowhide - Wikipedia

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   Among the southern African Zulu people, cowhide was employed in various ways, though it has recently been relegated to ceremonial use. Cowhide was used to make Nguni shields and the traditional skirt called the isidwaba. Men wore a calfskin flap, the ibeshu, to cover the buttocks, and the umutsha loin cloth was tied to the body with a cow hide ...

5. Rawhide (material) - Wikipedia

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   Rawhide is a hide or animal skin that has not been exposed to tanning.It is similar to parchment, much lighter in color than leather made by traditional vegetable tanning. ...

6. Texas Longhorn - Wikipedia

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   A steer. The Texas Longhorn is an American breed of beef cattle, characterized by its long horns, which can span more than 8 ft (2.4 m) from tip to tip. [4] It derives from cattle brought from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors from the time of the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus until about 1512. [5]