Woolen Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. R. P. Robinson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: PLAIN, TWINED, WOOL BELT WITH LONG FRINGE AT EITHER END. THE BELT IS WOVEN IN PATTERNED SECTIONS OF ZIGZAG LINES IN RED, BLUE AND NATURAL COLORS. PUBLICATION: S.I. ANNUAL REPORT, 1928, PL. 13, P. 646. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Mountain goat. Made of wool, woven into s band about 2 1/2" wide, and in a pattern of plain white ornamented with red and blue colors in zigzag. Each end has a fringe 16" long. Illus.: ARSI, 1928; Pl. 13; p. 646."
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 42, p. 102 (detail), in Tepper, Leslie Heymann, Janice George, and Willard Joseph. 2017. Salish Blankets: robes of protection and transformation, symbols of wealth.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Salish
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2121-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 150 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7.5 cm
label: Length - Fringe
content: 42 cm