Sash/Belt
date: label: Date created
content: 1770-1783
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Mi'kmaq (Micmac) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: General Benjamin Bellows, Non-Indian, 1740-1802
label: Previous owner
content: General Benjamin Bellows, Non-Indian, 1740-1802
label: Previous owner
content: Caleb Strong Bellows, Non-Indian, 1848-1910
label: Previous owner
content: Ida Huntington Bellows (Mrs. Caleb Stron Bellows), Non-Indian, 1853-1919
label: Seller
content: Ida Huntington Bellows (Mrs. Caleb Stron Bellows), Non-Indian, 1853-1919
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been taken in combat during the Revolutionary War by General Benjamin Bellows (1740-1802); descended in the Bellows family to Caleb Strong Bellows (1848-1910); inherited by his widow Ida Huntington Bellows (1853-1919); purchased by MAI from Mrs. Bellows in 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Nova Scotia; Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5/398
label: Barcode
content: 050398.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Accessories
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Sash/Belt
label: Media/Materials
content: Glass bead/beads, twine/string
label: Techniques
content: Loom beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 141 x 10 x 10.6 cm