Belt Item Number: Sj1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown leather belt, backed with grey rawhide; three different sized leather pockets, with silver coloured snap closures; leather holster, hangs slightly below belt, has one snap closure. Silver buckle with two silver prongs which fit into one of the six pairs of brown eyelets on the opposite end of belt. Yellow stitching decorates the front of the belt around edges and around pockets. The holster has decorative stitching in a swirl fashion.
History Of Use
Part of the gaucho's traditional dress, worn with a wide-brimmed hat, loose trousers, spurred boots, and a knife and pistol carried in the belt. The pockets were used to carry bullets. The cowboys would be seen across the grasslands of southern Brazil.
Cultural Context
worn by 'gauchos'
Item History
- Made in Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil before 1970
- Collected during 1970
- Owned by Mr. Higgins and Mrs. Higgins
- Owned by Lois Higgins before May 14, 1977
- Received from Lois Higgins (Donor) on May 14, 1977
What
- Name
- Belt
- Identification Number
- Sj1
- Type of Item
- belt
- Material
- metal, leather skin and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- machine sewn
- Overall
- height 103.0 cm, width 7.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Brazilian
- Previous Owner
- Mr. Higgins, Mrs. Higgins and Lois Higgins
- Received from
- Lois Higgins (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
When
- Creation Date
- before 1970
- Collection Date
- during 1970
- Ownership Date
- before May 14, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on May 14, 1977
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0379/0016