Belt Item Number: 3239/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Beaded leather belt with silver buckle. On a long, thin piece of pliable brown leather are sewn small, blue glass beads with three similar areas of patterning located across the centre of the belt. Pattern is a pair of triangles in green, silver and red with points facing each other, backed by green and silver vertical lines. A round silver buckle is attached at one end, with three holes bored through the leather at the other. Back is undecorated.
Narrative
Sandra Dent'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. Her grandmother, Hattie May is said to have collected the Blood (Kainai) objects in MOA accessions 3194 and 3239.
Item History
- Made in Alberta, Canada during 1910
- Collected in Cardston, Alberta, Canada between 1904 and 1910
- Owned by Hattie May Gale before 1968
- Owned by Sandra Dent before May 2, 2017
- Received from Sandra Dent (Donor) on May 2, 2017
What
- Name
- Belt
- Identification Number
- 3239/3
- Type of Item
- belt
- Material
- skin, glass and cotton fibre
- Overall
- height 3.5 cm, width 67.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kainai
- Previous Owner
- Hattie May Gale and Sandra Dent
- Received from
- Sandra Dent (Donor)
Where
When
- Creation Date
- during 1910
- Collection Date
- between 1904 and 1910
- Ownership Date
- before 1968 and before May 2, 2017
- Acquisition Date
- on May 2, 2017
Other
- Item Classes
- beadwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3239/0003