Belt

Museum number:
2-6723
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006723
Alternate number:
x-2916 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Cartridge belt, cloth, beaded. 2 sewn on oblong extensions, wool flannel with black and olive green trim. White glass seed bead trim along bottom, sides and around extensions. Extensions have black stains, right extension has long, jagged hole. Glass seed bead designs on front using amber, red, blue, yellow, lavender, and purple beads. Several small holes in front.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Subarctic, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Subarctic
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1868-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Belt used to carry cartridges.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 19 centimeters and width 82.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: pp. 69: "The Athapaskans: Strangers to the North," Ottawa, Canada, 1974.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-6723, described as Cartridge belt, cloth, beaded. 2 sewn on oblong extensions, wool flannel with black and olive green trim. White glass seed bead trim along bottom, sides and around extensions. Extensions have black stains, right extension has long, jagged hole. Glass seed bead designs on front using amber, red, blue, yellow, lavender, and purple beads. Several small holes in front.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-6723, described as Cartridge belt, cloth, beaded. 2 sewn on oblong extensions, wool flannel with black and olive green trim. White glass seed bead trim along bottom, sides and around extensions. Extensions have black stains, right extension has long, jagged hole. Glass seed bead designs on front using amber, red, blue, yellow, lavender, and purple beads. Several small holes in front.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-6723, described as Cartridge belt, cloth, beaded. 2 sewn on oblong extensions, wool flannel with black and olive green trim. White glass seed bead trim along bottom, sides and around extensions. Extensions have black stains, right extension has long, jagged hole. Glass seed bead designs on front using amber, red, blue, yellow, lavender, and purple beads. Several small holes in front.

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