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<LEGEND>

This  schedule   contains   summary  financial  information  extracted from the
consolidated  statements  of the  company  and is  qualified  in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.

</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Duck Head Apparel Company, Inc.
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