This belt is used to hold the garment (attush), which is open at the front, together. together. This type of belt was worn by both men and women. It is a narrow band of elm bast woven in plain weave. In the centre and along the centre and along the edges are strips (shiriki) of imported dark blue cotton. The ends of the ribbon are each decorated with a spatula-shaped pendant. This is also made of of dark blue cotton with an appliquéd pattern in red fabric that is woven along the edges with embroidered with elm bast yarn along the edges. The bottom edge is also edged in warp stitch with elm bast yarn. The wider strip of fabric is cut into a triangular shape on one side and edged with red cotton. A narrow strip of dark blue cotton is sewn onto the top dark blue cotton is sewn on at the tip. This fabric is too short to be used as a belt. The wider strip is sewn together from many pieces of indigo-dyed cotton. The patterned, plain weave fabric was imported from China. The patterns were printed on the white fabric with a paste of soya beans and lime before being dyed. dyed. The paste prevented the colour from penetrating the fabric. For the application of the paste stencils made of oiled paper were used to apply the paste. Reservage dyeing technique, Chinese: 蓝印花布 lan yin hua bu, literally: "blue print flower fabric".
