Belt

Museum number:
2-120
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Woven band of colored strings/ finger woven warp face in plain weave; red and blue ticking on white ground; commercial wool yarn, white cotton string; self fringe. Similar to, but much longer than, 2-121 which is probably to help hold the infant in the hood of the parka; cf. W.T. Larmour, CANADIAN ESKIMO FINE CRAFTS, PP. 62-63.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canadian Arctic;
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 2-120, described as Woven band of colored strings/ finger woven warp face in plain weave; red and blue ticking on white ground; commercial wool yarn, white cotton string; self fringe. Similar to, but much longer than, 2-121 which is probably to help hold the infant in the hood of the parka; cf. W.T. Larmour, CANADIAN ESKIMO FINE CRAFTS, PP. 62-63.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 2-120, described as Woven band of colored strings/ finger woven warp face in plain weave; red and blue ticking on white ground; commercial wool yarn, white cotton string; self fringe. Similar to, but much longer than, 2-121 which is probably to help hold the infant in the hood of the parka; cf. W.T. Larmour, CANADIAN ESKIMO FINE CRAFTS, PP. 62-63.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-120, described as Woven band of colored strings/ finger woven warp face in plain weave; red and blue ticking on white ground; commercial wool yarn, white cotton string; self fringe. Similar to, but much longer than, 2-121 which is probably to help hold the infant in the hood of the parka; cf. W.T. Larmour, CANADIAN ESKIMO FINE CRAFTS, PP. 62-63.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-120, described as Woven band of colored strings/ finger woven warp face in plain weave; red and blue ticking on white ground; commercial wool yarn, white cotton string; self fringe. Similar to, but much longer than, 2-121 which is probably to help hold the infant in the hood of the parka; cf. W.T. Larmour, CANADIAN ESKIMO FINE CRAFTS, PP. 62-63.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-120, described as Woven band of colored strings/ finger woven warp face in plain weave; red and blue ticking on white ground; commercial wool yarn, white cotton string; self fringe. Similar to, but much longer than, 2-121 which is probably to help hold the infant in the hood of the parka; cf. W.T. Larmour, CANADIAN ESKIMO FINE CRAFTS, PP. 62-63.

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