Hip belt

Hip belt, decorated with imported beads in different motifs. Such belts were worn by women during harvest festivals. Modigliani (1894: 156) depicts a woman wearing a beaded belt. Helfrich (1888: 202) describes such belly belts as part of the clothing worn by women at the great harvest festivals: kaleak baba. The belts are worn in combination with necklaces and the typical English women's hats with…