From the hides, tunics, dresses, buffalo-fur robes, moccasins, gloves, loincloths and leggings could be made. Peacock feathers were used for plumes while tunics and loincloths had patterns in gold thread. Men wore plain loincloths or a band of cloth winded around their waists. Slaves and laborers were nude or wore loincloths. Breechcloths and loincloths are garments of dignity among those who traditionally wear them. Men and women sometimes wore triangular loincloths, called perizoma, as underwear. The women wore only G-strings; the men wore loincloths or trunks. During warfare, men wore red cedar armour, a cedar helmet, and cedar loincloths. Slaves on the other hand wore simple clothing, seldom loincloths. Shaven-headed male attendant in white loincloths carry Pharaoh's daughter in an elaborately decorated chair. They are often depicted wearing tiger-skin loincloths and carrying iron clubs called . In these urban matches, participants wear shorts rather than loincloths. The film opens to two muscle-bound men dressed in loincloths approaching a crypt. The fabric used for loincloths may have been wool, linen or a linsey-woolsey blend. These dancers are generally younger with minimal clothing, sometimes only loincloths, made with natural materials.