Women`s utility belt with knife sheath, paint bag, case for sharpening stone, etc. Original field catalogue entry: "Sioux belt, knife, etc. from Custer battlefield.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Little Bighorn, Big Horn County, Montana
Verbatim coll. place:
Montana; Big Horn; Little Bighorn
Culture or time period:
Dakota
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1876-1897
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Context of use:
Women`s utility belt. Form of bag, quillwork, fringe, beading indicate probably child`s toy.