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FROM CARD: "NARROW STRIP OF TANNED HIDE, TO WHICH ARE PENDANT, BY CORDS, OF HIDE OR TWISTED SINEW, SMALL BELL-SHAPED ORNAMENTS WITH SERRATED EDGES CUT FROM HOOF OF MUSK-OX. LENGTH 3 FEET. PENDANTS, LENGTH 3 INCHES."INVENTORIED 1974."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/116 , retrieved 12-30-2019: A belt made from a wide strip of hide with muskox hoof sheaths attached by sinew and hide thongs. The thongs pass through a hole drilled through each of the hoof sheaths, and through holes cut into the belt straps. The hoof sheaths have been modified by cutting notches along the edges. A brass button is attached by a piece of sinew at one end of the belt strap and serves as a fastener. The strap has a loop at the opposite end for receiving the fastener.