Te nuota. Belt of human hair. the nuota is a waist ornament used as part of the adornment for Kiribati male dancers' costumes. It is made with long lengths of flat braided ira n atu (human hair) and these are all black in colour. The belt consists of eight braids lain side by side and sewn together with off-white commerical twine to create more width. The nuota is bristly in texture overall as loose ends of invidivual hair strands stray from each braid. One end of the nuota is knotted securely. Some of the braids are broken and frayed in areas. This nuota is currently stored as a bundle.