Black Abaya called (Abaya Swaieya) which is a black silk Abaya made of fine silk. This is a head Abaya which as indicated, worn over the head. It has a small hand opening, and fine embroidery on the ends. It is important because it is the first outergarment to be called Abaya rather than Daffa . this began to get common in the sixties of last century before it turned into the now known shoulder worn Abaya. Full length open fronted cloak of black satin silk with armholes and narrow neck opening.
The cloak consists of two lengths of fabric joined along an angled central horizontal seam. The excess fabric at the seam has not been cut away.
There is a shoulder seam running along the arm span which has a narrow decorative metallic embroidery edging. Both the front edges have also been finished with a narrow decorative embroidered stitch.
Along the neckline, extending to the horizontal central seam, the metallic embroidery is wider with a more elaborate striped design. There are two metallic thread gold cord tassels at either side of the centre front.
The bottom edge, central seam and shoulder seam are all selvedges. All seams appear to be hand-stitched.