Fabric belt with symmetrical beaded decoration. In the centre is a pink flower. Moving out from the centre is a fish motif - pink on one side and blue on the other; two small flowers (blue and yellow) and a butterfly; a yellow cockerel and a very stylized blue and purple flower. All the imagery is worked with small coloured beads and gold-coloured sequins on a cream cotton ground. The belt has an attached blue and white braided edge, is stiffened, and has a cream cotton lining. [Textile]
belt (clothing: accessories)
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