While animals common to local villages or encampments often appear in nomadic works, the elephant—an exotic beast for tribes in Iran—is a unique addition to this design. Together with the tent motif, it animates this everyday object.

The closure is composed of brown-and-yellow bands with slit tapestry on the front and braided loops on the back. The back part of the closure is constructed with a band of twining, which extends into the three-dimensional loops.