Metallic Teal Smoke Rainbow Hand-Painted Unusual Obi, Heavy Thick Silk and Metallic from Japan #214 Japanese Kimono Fabrics and some are skinny slits

and some are skinny slits not round holes

a bit more towards coral than the photos

Other than the individuality in the turquoise

and there may be slight differences button to button

Metallic Teal Smoke Rainbow Hand-Painted Unusual Obi, Heavy Thick Silk and Metallic from Japan #214 Japanese Kimono Fabrics and some are skinny slitsThis is an obi that is like flexible silky metal. Blended shades of silver, gunmetal tones, teals, blues, pinks, green golds. It's alive with sheen, probably has real metal fibers woven in with with the silk, and most likely hand painted with Bokashi technique. The blends are smooth and 'blurred' no sharp lines between colors; if you see sharp lines in the photos, it's just reflections, sheen and or fold lines. The base silk also has a subtle crackle