Belt

Museum number:
2-382
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020000382
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Womans, rawhide with sewn rows of cribou incisor teeth, belt represents from 100-175 caribou, two thongs at each end. Sewn with rawhide, caribou teeth (from lower jaw with bone attached).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kuskokwim, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kuskokwim
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
According to Elizabeth Goodwin, belts such as these were presented to a woman by her prospective husband i.e. a courting gift.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 5 centimeters and length 63 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-382, described as Womans, rawhide with sewn rows of cribou incisor teeth, belt represents from 100-175 caribou, two thongs at each end. Sewn with rawhide, caribou teeth (from lower jaw with bone attached).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-382, described as Womans, rawhide with sewn rows of cribou incisor teeth, belt represents from 100-175 caribou, two thongs at each end. Sewn with rawhide, caribou teeth (from lower jaw with bone attached).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-382, described as Womans, rawhide with sewn rows of cribou incisor teeth, belt represents from 100-175 caribou, two thongs at each end. Sewn with rawhide, caribou teeth (from lower jaw with bone attached).

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