The majority of the belt has a double warp (one over and one under the weft) – and the pattern is the same within rows (over-under between each bead) but is staggered between neighbouring rows. In a few senctions there is a triple warp (over-under-over).
[for the purpose of this description, the end with the 12 strand fringe will be considered the top and the end with 14 strands the bottom]
The background is made of black beads (not of uniform size).

The pattern consists of 11 double rectangles in white beads (not of uniform size) – 6 small and 5 larger (alternating). The small rectangles are are 9 or 10 beads long and 8 or 9 wide, and the smaller inner square is 5 or 6 long and 4 or 5 wide and filled in entirely. The large rectangles are 12 or 14 long 12 or 13 wide and the inner 9 or 10 long 8 or 9 wide
The sash widens to 15 beads just underneath the first rectangle from the top and narrows back to 14 between the 6th and 7th rectangles.
Just underneath the first rectangle from the top there is a section with some irregularities: part of a row (weft) of black beads is missing leaving a narrow gap, and the width goes from 14 to 15 beads.

The sash has a fringe of white barrel beads with a single line (perpendicular to the lentgh of the sash) in black barrel beads in the middle (4 white, one black, four white). A knot in the red thread holds the beads in place, the rest of the string is left loose.
One fringe has 12 of these lines of barrel beads, the other has 14. The end with 12 has one empty strand (the 4th/9th)
Each line of barrel beads is strung on two warp threads – one from each side of a line of black beads. There is a double weft after the final row of beads, then about a centimetre until the first barrel bead. The barrel beads are not very uniform, espeically the edges, and some are dented or chipped.

Between 5700-5800 beads in total]]> The centre of the sash has a pattern of spaced sets of four beads on a red background, all laid with the perforation parallel to the length of the sash. The two beads nearest the sides of the sash are laid with a single stitch, the two in the centre are both on the same thread, without a stich holding the thread down in the middle. The three threads run horizontally on the underside between each set.
A continuous row of white beads with the perforation parallel to the length of the sash forms a border between the red and blue sections. The stitches from these beads are visible but not very obvious on the underside of the sash.
On the outer edge of the blue strip runs a double row of white beads with the perforation perpendicular to the length of the sash. This edging continues along the rounded end of the sash.
The sash appears to be unfinished, as [nearly] half the length consists of only the red cloth. The blue strip and beading end about halfway. On one side the blue cloth and beading end at the same point, on the other side the beading extend about 9 beads further, and the blue strip a few cm beyond that. On the ‘shorter’ side it appears as if the blue strip is not entirely set on top of the red base, but this is only due too the way the end of the blue strip has been sewn into the red base.
A leather strap is attached to the beaded end of the sash, The strap is pulled through the blue and red cloth in a lark head’s hitch/knot – possibly through a slit in the strap itself. A second strap is attached near the centre of the sash, through a hole in the red cloth just to the side of one of the 4-bead sets and about 10 cm away from where the beading ends. It’s knotted in a simple overhand knot on the underside directly against the cloth, and has the same knot near the end of the strap.
A few cm away from the strap towards the unfinished end, the red cloth base appears to have been extended, with a seam discernible on the underside. The blue cloth is not interrupted this way. The seam is hardly visible on the beaded face of the sash.
Just beyond this point towards the unbeaded end, the red fabric is quite worn, and the weave is visible.]]> The border consists of an outermost row of spaced white beads with the perforation running parallel to the sash, a strip of woven brown wool, a continuous row of white beads perpendicular to the length of the sash – set into the fabric (not on top), then another strip of brown wool. The border has been stitched onto the central panel with thread in one shade lighter brown.
The fringes consist of between two and four threads braided for under a centimetre and then knotted. Some of the strands are twisted together until near the ends of the fringe.]]> ]]> Public Domain Mark 1.0
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