Racing Belt "Okosa"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jun 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1981
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William L. Merrill
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Merrill
notes: label: Notes
content: LEATHER BELT WITH RATTLE HANGING FROM BACK. WORN BY EITHER MALES OR FEMALES WHILE RUNNING LONG DISTANCE RACES. BELT IS COMPOSED OF A STRIP OF LEATHER, 5.5CM WIDEIN THE CENTER & TAPERED ON BOTH ENDS. A LEATHER THONG IS ATTACHED TO EACH END. ONE END ALSO HAS A BLACK RIBBON TIED TO THE END OF THE THONG. DEER HOOF RATTLES HANG FROM THE CENTER OF THE BELT ON LEATHER STRIPS. FOUR CARTRIDGE SHELLS & 4 SMALL TIN BOXES CONTAINING PEBBLES ALSO HANG FROM THE BELT. THIS BELT WAS USED IN RACES BY A MAN & HIS DAUGHTER. ILLUS.: HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 10, SOUTHWEST, FIG. 12, PG. 287.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rejogochi, Basihuare, Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 350956
label: USNM Number
content: E422482-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 95 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17 cm