Original Japanese WWII Silk Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Rising Sun, Kanji, Temple Prayer - 44" x 7" Price_over $990 with some bronze showing through

with some bronze showing through on the wear points

Ann Rutherford

The blade is slightly curved with a single narrow fuller down each side near the spine

Also there are some nicks on the edge

so it has a grayish metallic color with a dull shine

Original Japanese WWII Silk Senninbari 1000 Stitch Belt with Rising Sun, Kanji, Temple Prayer - 44" x 7" Price_over $990 with some bronze showing throughOriginal Item: One of a kind. A Senninbari ( thousand person stitches) or One thousand stitch is a strip of cloth that measures approximately 15 cm (6 in) high and up to 90120 cm (34 ft) or more in length. Each end of the belt (sash) may or may not have strings, snaps or buttons that allow it to be fastened about the waist. Examples that lack these were often tucked into the waist. Other variations were never worn but may have been folded and placed