A long rectangular fine cotton cloth used to wrap around a man or woman's waist and hips for clothing. This example was painted/dyed in India for Thai or Siamese clients. It is hand painted and mordanted, resist dyed, and possibly to some extent printed in multiple colors obtained probably from vegetable dyes, The field is decorated in a diaper pattern on a dark purplish or brown ground. The diagonals are formed from polycolored leaf or vine designs. Large, white floral motifs fill the intersections of the diagonal members. Within the diamond sections formed by the lattice are flamelike motifs. This center field (69 3/4 long x 32-1/4" wide") is surrounded by numerous ornamental borders on the short ends with varying grounds of red, blue, green-blue, yellow, and purplish-brown and designs of varying detail and depth. Elaborate borders (although fewer) also run along each long side. Long edges are selvages. Short edges are rolled under very neatly (1/16") and whip stitched.