Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Dec 2022
label: Collection Date
content: 1892 to 1898
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. Eugene S. Dutcher
label: Collector
content: Mary B. Dutcher
label: Donor Name
content: Rebecca Bulls
notes: label: Notes
content: Heavy commercial leather (harness leather?) belt with rectangular metal buckle. Has a solid front of thread sewn lane-stitch glass seed beadwork in geometric designs, including terraced triangle/"stair-step" design sometimes said to represent mountains. Bead colors: pink, blues, yellow, green, red, clear. Probably a woman's belt. References: McCoy, Elizabeth Mae. 1972. A Descriptive Analysis of Blackfeet Indian Beadwork. Masters' Thesis. Montana State University. https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1/5659/31762100147584.pdf?sequence=1 . VanStone, James W. (October 30, 1992). Material Culture of the Blackfoot (Blood) Indians of Southern Alberta. Fieldiana: Anthropology (new series). Vol. 19. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4264481
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Apr 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2086196
label: USNM Number
content: E437031-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 107.5 cm
label: Width
content: 4.5 cm