- Date
- prior to 1974
- Material
- skin; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3035 a
- Description
- (a) Heavy leather belt with separate cartridge holder loops sewn on. Metal buckle with separate strap attached with copper rivets at other end. Tag in CRW's writing: "Sally Bearspaw Mrs Tom Twoyoungmen belt was given to all the chiefs for ammunion at time of signing of Treaty. This was old Chief…
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- Title
- Cartridge Belt
- Date
- prior to 1974
- Material
- skin; metal
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 103.0 cm
- Description
- (a) Heavy leather belt with separate cartridge holder loops sewn on. Metal buckle with separate strap attached with copper rivets at other end. Tag in CRW's writing: "Sally Bearspaw Mrs Tom Twoyoungmen belt was given to all the chiefs for ammunion at time of signing of Treaty. This was old Chief Jacob Bearspaws Feb 16 1974," and on reverse: "when gov't talks about Treaty they wear bullet belt. Wants Frank to wear it so he will have more power."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.3035 a
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