Woolen shawl with woven pattern edges

Unknown artist

Shawl, a large haik called afaggou, worn by the women of the Ida ou Nadif. The whole body from the shoulders to the feet was wrapped in the cloth. One begins by hanging one end of the cloth on the back over the shoulders, under the right arm to the front. With two pins (fibulae) the cloth is now held on both shoulders to the part on the back. The rest of the cloth passes under the left arm, again along the back over the shoulders and forward.‖ Sometimes an embroidered back panel (akhazi) was worn with the shawl and a cloth on the head (Grammet 1998: 174 and 199).‖ The base fabric is woven in weft ribs and striped widthwise. On both selvages, borders are woven in red and blue wool. In the corners and on the selvedges there are motifs (probably the black motifs are embroidered) with thick woolen loops in between. Between the warp and weft threads have been placed that form studs. At the ends the fabric ends in a fringe of two rows of short rods (for which the warp threads are wound in bunches with a woolen thread) ending in a short fringe.