Belt made from several strips of leather connected to each other by inserting ends together. Metal buckle.
Donor:
Murial Cook
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Western Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Clara Hayes Gaddie Moon
Collection date:
1933-1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
measurements for storage— height 3 centimeters, length 166 centimeters, width 2.5 centimeters, measurements for storage— length 140 centimeters, and measurements for storage— width 18 centimeters
Comment:
References: Sturtevant, William C., ed. Handbook of North American Indians, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1984, Volume 5, p. 286, Fig. 1, p. 289, p. 304, Fig. 1.