The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.

Gift in memory of Isaac M. Bates by his children and grandchildren.

Belt with primarily white beaded scroll design patterned on red wool Stroud cloth.The beaded areas are backed with blue stroud cloth. Very similar belts are also made by the Choctaw region as well and there may be some overlap between the two in style for these belts.

Opera costume belt. Long rectangular belt with striped pattern of dark pink and light pink sequins and cylindrical clear plastic beads, trimmed with white fur on the long edges. The reverse side is a lining of white cotton with a square stamp with Chinese characters in faded black ink. There are five blue pen lines on lining close to the stamp.

Woman's opera costume belt. The belt is heavily sequined on the front in shades of green, red and pink, emphasized with small transparent cylindrical beads, in the shape of dragon scales. Each long side is edged with white fur. On one end of the belt is a yellow green fabric with three rows of three hook eyes. On the back of the other end are three corresponding hooks. The underside is white cotton. There's a signature like mark in blue ink on the back of the belt.

Belt of bells consisting of fourteen larger individual metal bells and four round bells attached to a wide tan leather belt with a pattern of gold-coloured protruding studs. Two gold-coloured metal buckles on each side.

Belt of bells consisting of fourteen larger individual metal bells and four round bells attached to a wide tan leather belt with a pattern of gold-coloured protruding studs. Two gold-coloured metal buckles on each side.