Object name: Belt / Collection place: Canada / Culture or time period: Arctic cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-121, described as Band; red stripes, black ticking on white ground; self fringe. Used to help hold the infant in the hood of the parka; also used on special occasions as decorative form of dress.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-120, described as Woven band of colored strings/ finger woven warp face in plain weave; red and blue ticking on white ground; commercial wool yarn, white cotton string; self fringe. Similar to, but much longer than, 2-121 which is probably to help hold the infant in the hood of the parka; cf. W.T. Larmour, CANADIAN ESKIMO FINE CRAFTS, PP. 62-63.