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42 The Khakhu women wear a white or coloured turban in Burmese fashion; an undergarment like a jersey with short sleeves, and over it a coat open down the middle of the front, and fitting closely to the neck where it is fastened with silver buckle (Fig. 31a). The coat has long sleeves and is often ornamented with cowries or a red and yellow border, being similar to that shewn in Figure 16, which belonged to a Shan woman of the Bhamo district. Below the coat is worn a petticoat of thick cotton stuff, and over that an ornamented dress or skirt which often has narrow tucks at the bottom and an embroidered border. When the skirt is not of the closed shape GK 39 (Fig. 33), GK 39a (Figs. 34, 34a, 34b), it is secured with a twist, so that the opening falls at the left side.

The Chingpaw women have adopted the short loose Shan jacket, variously ornamented according to the means of the wearer. This covers the arms and breast, but leaves the waist exposed save for a profusion of rattan girdles adorned with rows of white seeds, or in the case of the daughters of chiefs, broad belts
 * Dress of the Southern Kachins or Chingpaw.