ca. mid twentieth century
24 1/2" x 11", 62 cm x 28 cm

This thickly layered and pieced-together cloth shows the essence of boro textiles: it is a combination of whatever scraps were on hand--including a terry cloth piece shown on the proper, left, top--that were sewn together to meet a need within the home.  In this case, this was to be used either as a diaper (most likely) or a dustrag or zokin.

It is scrappy, as the title says, and it has a lot of character and charm.  There are seven pieces of cloth that are sewn together to make the front and back of this piece, and there are probably two-to-three layers of cloth which create the nice thickness of this utilitarian cloth.

Lovely, crude and wonderful.