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Date
1965 ā€“ 1970
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.07.0087
Description
Beaded on cotton belt with buckskin tabs at ends and ties. The bead pattern is a sky blue ground of rectangles separated by other bands of blue laid crosswise. The long rectangles contain elongated diamonds of red, white, blue and dark blue beads, lying in the length of the rectangle. The smaller cā€¦
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Title
Beaded Belt
Date
1965 ā€“ 1970
Material
fibre; glass; skin
Dimensions
5.8 x 82.2 cm
Description
Beaded on cotton belt with buckskin tabs at ends and ties. The bead pattern is a sky blue ground of rectangles separated by other bands of blue laid crosswise. The long rectangles contain elongated diamonds of red, white, blue and dark blue beads, lying in the length of the rectangle. The smaller cross bars contain more regular diamonds. The edges are trimmed with skyline bead fringe. Backing is a commercial cotton floral print.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.07.0087
Images
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