Woman's Feather Dance Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Sep 1890
name: label: Collector
content: N J. Purcell
label: Donor Name
content: N J. Purcell
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Incomplete. Illus. Hndbk. of N. Amer. Indians, Vol. 8, California, Fig. 9, pg. 378. "... woman's dance belt. Buckskin covered with woodpecker scalps; abalone pendants attached along lower edge."" From late 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Woman's Belt - A band of buckskin, covered with the pelt taken from the Lewis and the California woodpeckers; that containing the bright red being of the latter species. From the belt hangs three circular pieces of abalone shell and two fish carved from same material and beautifully polished. Worn in dances. Length, 42 inches; width, 4 inches. Concow Indians (Athapaskan stock), Siletz Reservation, Oregon, 1889. Collected by N. J. Purcell. The only tools used in carving and polishing the ornaments on this belt were a piece of flint and an old knife."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Konkow (Concow)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 023553
label: USNM Number
content: E131114-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt