Belt Item Number: 3202/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven belt with bone attachments. Wide belt is made in a tight basket weave from thin strips of light and dark brown leather. Buckle is made of two pieces of bone, smoothly carved into rectangles, with a prong nailed to one that fits into a tube joint in the other. Several figures are etched into the bone, including a hunter and a woman in lightweight clothing, and tools such as an oil lamp, ulu, and chopper, among others. Back of belt has similar pieces attached, with images including a walrus and person paddling a boat. Two small undecorated buttons and a long undecorated loop are also attached to the back. Many of the images are accompanied by small Inuktitut syllabics.
History Of Use
The pouch (3202/2) is thought to have been attached to the belt at one time.
Narrative
Gigliotti was stationed in Frobisher Bay (now Iqaliut) as a meteorologist from 1952-54. During this period he acquired a small collection of Inuit objects from two Inuit men who were allowed to come out to the station. He was told the objects were from Cape Dorset.
Item History
- Made in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada before 1954
- Collected in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada between 1952 and 1954
- Owned by Tom Gigliotti before October 1, 2016
- Received from Tom Gigliotti (Donor) on October 1, 2016
What
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Tom Gigliotti
- Received from
- Tom Gigliotti (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
- Collected in
- Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1954
- Collection Date
- between 1952 and 1954
- Ownership Date
- before October 1, 2016
- Acquisition Date
- on October 1, 2016
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3202/0003