The tiny models of the lagoon, the pen-and-ink drawings of ships on delicate paper and threadbare fabric motifs of bees embroidered in gold thread.

A basic abaya sells for 70, but an elaborate one with real gold thread can cost 6,000.

Each has a 24 carat fine gold thread winding around it.

Caught in the sun, the fishing line was a gold thread snaking over the river, sending a fly flitting.