For men. Hide ornamented with caribou incisors, ivory toggle at one end to fit into loop at opposite end, knife sheath attached. Sewn with rawhide, made with caribou teeth from the lower jaw with bone still attached.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kuskokwim, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kuskokwim
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Mans hunting belt.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters, width 10 centimeters, and length 122 centimeters
Comment:
References: Cf. Nelson p. 59; Cat of Sheldon Jackson Museum, p. 93.