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Date
1920 – 1935
Material
fibre; glass; metal; skin
Catalogue Number
103.07.0066
Description
A short length belt of linen canvas heavily beaded, with buckskin tab at each end, one holding dye stamped steel buckle. Beadwork pattern is white ground with diagonal white and red stripe alternating along edges. Interior pattern is principally staircase designs in orange, blue and red, and swallo…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1920 – 1935
Material
fibre; glass; metal; skin
Dimensions
5.0 x 81.5 cm
Description
A short length belt of linen canvas heavily beaded, with buckskin tab at each end, one holding dye stamped steel buckle. Beadwork pattern is white ground with diagonal white and red stripe alternating along edges. Interior pattern is principally staircase designs in orange, blue and red, and swallowtailed tabards in orange with deep red borders.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0066
Images
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