Model of a war belt. Made of woven cotton twine. Wide at middle. Twisted twine ties at ends. Three pair of clamshell disk and triangular abalone shell pendants suspended from bottom edge, one cluster of three at center.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Coyote Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Coyote Valley
Culture or time period:
Northern Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Model of war belt.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 4.3 centimeters and length 110 centimeters
Comment:
Objects collected at the Coyote Valley Rancheria by Samuel Barrett may have been collected from Mary Louie, one of his consultants there. Mary Louie was Eastern Pomo, despite the fact that Coyote Valley Rancheria is in Northern Pomo territory. Other Barrett consultants from Coyote Valley include Topsy Pettis, Mollie Duncan, and Lizzie Jamison, all of whom were Northern Pomo.