Tablet-woven purple sash with one tasselled end. The textile is decorated with metal-wrapped thread, forming a pattern on one side of the woven section, as well as wrapping and securing the tassels formed by the warp threads. The silver-coloured patterns consist of a diamond motif linked to the pointed end of a band covering the whole width of the sash. At the end of the woven section the warp is then gathered by being plied. The strands are secured with metal-wrapped threads in several places. Toward the end 2 of these sections are decorated with braided beads made from the metal-wrapped thread.
waistcloth; textile
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