Male or female belt - it is really a difficult question, because there is evidence of being worn both by men and women. In ethnic jewellery world a piece is normally either male or female...
There was a great and long discussion on the subject with a lot of facts on the ethnic jewellery forum:
http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/t...erthegrtmuseum
Another one:
http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/a...known-in-egypt
Yet another:
http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/photo/p...context=latest
The old picture of Albanians in Montenegro is also interesting: