The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Long narrow woven sash-like garland. There are a number of traditional weaving designs including “shinguk chot” or goat horn design, “munguzyeek chot” or fly design, “birra kumba chot” or male goat’s crossed horns and “watch chot” or the hourglass drum. The main colour used in the weaving is a yellow-green. The fringe is separated out into 14 sections with 12 of those section made up of the gathering of several threads which are then wrapped with gold and silver thread. The two innermost sections are wrapped with green and red thread.

Long, narrow, woven sash or garland. The length of the garland is white, with multi-coloured and white fringe at each end, which is grouped in sections and wrapped with multi-coloured thread.

Long white sash divided into fourteen uneven, multi-coloured, woven sections. There are several design styles represented including the “mi-shar-ri chot” or mixed design, “o-si-chin gam-bu-ri chot” or sallow tree flower design, “bir-ra kum-ba chot” or male goat/markhor crossed horn design, “pati-chot” or woman’s waist band design “pati-chot/pon-du-i-ruk” or small circle design (which appears as diamond shaped) and “shin-guk chot” or goat horn design. There are fringes on either end of the sash which are light brown and multi-coloured wool. There is also a willow loop that encircles the sash for fastening.

Pattern of small squares divided by large bands of yellow and white, with smaller lines of white and dark red running through. Ends of scarf have wide borders of vertical stripes.

Handwoven long white-yellow textile with overall diamond pattern and orange thread at seam at either edge.

Long wool sash, commonly called an arrow sash, or ceinture fléchée. Mainly red with coloured stripes and long fringes at each end. The middle stripe is solid red, with stripes of diagonally patterned white, blue, grey, green, yellow, green and blue toward both sides.

Long sash with thin black fabric in centre connecting thicker dark blue rectangular ends with red, white and green zigzag and diamond embroidery. Long dark blue tassles hang from each end.