He kept the objects safe in their glass cases, some reverently laid on red cloth.

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Ms Pape's tribal garment has red cloth filled with feather-covered balls extruding body parts and surrounded by insects.

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There was a red cloth wound around the tower, and Sopheng said that the cloth showed that this was a living temple where locals came to leave their offerings and to ask the gods to answer their prayers.

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Samaruddin's grave in the local cemetery is covered in dark red ornamented cloth.

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The teacher tried to get it off with a wash cloth, and it left a red mark on the side of his face.

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When the snap button on her jeans touches her abdomen, it makes her skin red and inflamed, so she has a piece of cloth sewn over it to protect her.

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The attendants will give you a cloth (resembling, in most establishments, an over-sized red gingham tea towel).

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