Belt buckle
date: label: Date created
content: 1988
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Plains (attributed)
label: Donor
content: Irene Hirano Inouye (Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye), Non-Indian, 1948-2020
label: Previous owner
content: Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Non-Indian, 1924-2012
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (1924-2012, D-Hawaii); inscribed with "To US Senator Inouye A Friend 1988," and probably received as a gift in recognition of his service to American Indians as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (1987-1995 and 2001-2003); donated to NMAI by Senator Inouye's widow Irene Hirano Inouye (1948-2020) in 2013.
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place: label: Place
content: Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Plains
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/9088
label: Barcode
content: 269088.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Belt buckle
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, glass bead/beads, metal buckle, unknown substrate, thread
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, overlay beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 7.8 x 10.9 x 1.8 cm