waistband (belt (clothing: accessories))

Waistband from the Wai Wai peoples of Brazil. The band is made of a thin chain of brown circular seeds attached to a thread of plant fibre. at each end there is a decorative cross hatch crown pattern, which is adorned with yellow feathers.

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