Belt Item Number: 3194/13 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Beaded belt. Belt is made of a thick, wide strip of stiff leather, heavily beaded on one side, undecorated on the other. On a white beaded background are sets of blue and orange diamond shapes accompanied by green rectangles each filled with a blue and orange cross. These sets are interspersed by areas of bare leather. Belt closure is a thin leather strip sewn to one end that fits a simple metal buckle at the other.

Narrative

Robert Gale's grandfather (Gervase Edward Gale) was a missionary and principal of St. Paul's School at Cardston, Alberta, on the Blood Reserve, c. 1904-1910. His grandmother, Hattie May is said to have collected the Blood (Kainai) objects in MOA accessions 3194 and 3239.