Concho belt
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Niuam (Comanche) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Edwin W. Countryman, Non-Indian, 1872-1946
label: Previous owner
content: Reuben B. Oldfield, Non-Indian, 1878-1954
label: Previous seller
content: Reuben B. Oldfield, Non-Indian, 1878-1954
label: Previous owner
content: Thomas J. Watson (Thomas C. Watson), Non-Indian, 1874-1956
label: Previous owner
content: IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences (IBM Gallery of Arts & Sciences)
label: Donor
content: IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences (IBM Gallery of Arts & Sciences)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edwin W. Countryman (1872-1946, a Buffalo, New York, attorney); acquired by Reuben B. Oldfield (1878-1954, a collector of Indian items from Bath, New York) at an unknown date; purchased from Reuben Oldfield by Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, Chairman and CEO of IBM) in 1947; transferred to the IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences at an unknown date; donated to MAI by the IBM Gallery of Arts and Sciences in 1960.
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place: label: Place
content: Oklahoma; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Niuam (Comanche)
label: See related items
content: Sioux
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/288
label: Barcode
content: 230288.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Accessories
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Concho belt
label: Media/Materials
content: German silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy), commercially tanned leather, metal buckle, hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Stamped, stitched
label: Dimensions
content: 38 x 0.5 x 6.9 cm