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Date
1930 – 1940
Material
glass; fibre
Catalogue Number
103.07.0085
Description
Completely beaded canvas belt lined with muslin. Made of two shorter strips of beadwork sewn together, cuffer? Each panel bordered with light blue beads around white background containing three orange Maltese crosses outlined in blue with green V's in the angle of each corner and small orange tria…
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1930 – 1940
Material
glass; fibre
Dimensions
6.1 x 69.5 cm
Description
Completely beaded canvas belt lined with muslin. Made of two shorter strips of beadwork sewn together, cuffer? Each panel bordered with light blue beads around white background containing three orange Maltese crosses outlined in blue with green V's in the angle of each corner and small orange triangles outlined in red pointing toward each of the outer crosses. Between each cross is a red and green square motif containing another four armed cross. The whole has a kaleidoscope effect.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0085
Images
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