12-01-2009, 08:39 PM
This is a relatively loose weave wool, 45 inches by 90 inches.
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It's fastened at the shoulders using toggles, which can be arranged in differring ways.
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It is sewn down the side, which is advisable today, and perhaps an alternative to pins which seem rare in the archaeological record.
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It's fastened at the shoulders using toggles, which can be arranged in differring ways.
[attachment=0:3tnhbond]<!-- ia0 chitoniskos 2.JPG<!-- ia0 [/attachment:3tnhbond]
It is sewn down the side, which is advisable today, and perhaps an alternative to pins which seem rare in the archaeological record.
John Conyard
York
A member of Comitatus Late Roman
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York
A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.comitatus.net">http://www.comitatus.net
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.historicalinterpretations.net">http://www.historicalinterpretations.net
<a class="postlink" href="http://lateantiquearchaeology.wordpress.com">http://lateantiquearchaeology.wordpress.com