rt ag ama ▁by ▁the ▁Buddh ist ▁s age ▁P rap anc ana , ▁composed ▁in ▁ 1 3 6 5 ▁who ▁describes ▁cur tain s ▁of ▁the ▁king ▁Hay am ▁W ur uk ' s ▁carriage ▁as ▁being ▁made ▁of ▁Ger ings ing . ▁The ▁first ▁European ▁to ▁describe ▁ger ings eng ▁was ▁W . O . J ▁Nie uw enk amp ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 6 . ▁He ▁found ▁ 2 ▁cloth s ▁in ▁a ▁box ▁of ▁text iles ▁that ▁he ▁bought ▁in ▁T aban an ▁for ▁the ▁Eth n ographic ▁Museum ▁in ▁Le iden . ▁After ▁this ▁he ▁discovered ▁where ▁they ▁came ▁from ▁and ▁made ▁a ▁journey ▁to ▁T eng an an . ▁ ▁We aving ▁technique ▁ ▁The ▁cloth s ▁are ▁w oven ▁on ▁a ▁narrow ▁back - strap ▁lo oms . ▁The ▁cot ton ▁is ▁hand - sp un . ▁Before ▁dying ▁the ▁threads ▁are ▁so aked ▁in ▁a ▁bath ▁of ▁k em iri , ▁cand le ▁nut ▁oil , ▁and ▁wood ▁ash ▁to ▁aid ▁the ▁take - up ▁of ▁the ▁red ▁d ye , ▁then ▁hung ▁up ▁to ▁dry ▁in ▁the ▁sun . ▁Ram se yer ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁y arn ▁was ▁left ▁to ▁so ak ▁for ▁ 4 2 ▁days ▁and ▁then ▁left ▁to ▁dry ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁Gill ow ▁states ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁repeated ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 2 ▁times . ▁The ▁threads ▁are ▁wrapped ▁around ▁the ▁dying ▁frame ▁and ▁the ▁pattern ▁is ▁tied ▁into ▁the ▁bund les ▁of ▁thread ▁to ▁form