Decorated ends of a shawl

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a piece of fabric with frayed edges and several decorative strips. The fabric is a light brown color. There are two large sections of frayed fabric, one at the top and one at the bottom. The frayed sections are dark brown and black. There are several decorative strips on the fabric. The strips are located on the frayed sections. The strips are horizontal and have a repeating pattern of animals and geometric shapes. The patterns on the strips are red, white, and brown. The animals depicted include birds, monkeys, and other creatures. The geometric shapes include lines, circles, and zigzags. Some of the strips have writing on them. The writing on the strips appears to be in a non-Latin script. The strips are similar in design but vary in size. The largest strip is at the top, and the smaller strips are below it. The background of the image is a solid light brown color.