Belt Item Number: 2728/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Belt made of a band of beads strung together and sewn onto a rawhide backing. A repeated pattern of blue flowers on a stem with green leaves on a white background is broken up by two sets of black beads in a pattern, (possibly letters EDIE?). One end of the skin wraps around the centre of a small silver-coloured metal buckle, the other end narrows slightly and is somewhat pointed at tip.
Specific Techniques
Loom beadwork.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by E. June Mosher before February 16, 2009
- Received from E. June Mosher (Donor) on February 16, 2009
What
- Name
- Belt
- Identification Number
- 2728/3
- Type of Item
- belt
- Material
- glass, rawhide skin, metal and cotton fibre
- Overall
- height 80.5 cm, width 3.0 cm, depth 0.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Interior Salish: Secwepemc
- Previous Owner
- E. June Mosher
- Received from
- E. June Mosher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before February 16, 2009
- Acquisition Date
- on February 16, 2009
Other
- Item Classes
- beadwork; textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2728/0003