Woven native belt; bandolier for sword. Plain portion in twining technique, patterned part in a twilled variety of spiral lattice binding (Larry Dawson 1964).
Donor:
Mrs. Omer C. Stewart and Omer C. Stewart
Collection place:
Sakhalin Island, Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Ainu, Nitoi Village, Sakhalin Id. no. Japan
Culture or time period:
Ainu
Collector:
Kilton R. Stewart
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Accession date:
September 15, 1936
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1969-1970 #116: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (April 23, 1970–April 23, 1970) and S1984-1985 #29: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (March 5, 1985–May 6, 1985)