This woven belt is unusual in that it has one coral bead and one white bead tied to its fringe as well as a length of red ribbon. This would not have been visible when the belt was worn as the woman would have tucked the loose ends behind.

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/154 , retrieved 12-30-2019: A belt fastener made from a rectangular piece of ivory. Fifteen small beads are inlaid in one face. A metal eyelet attached to the other side, where it is held in place with a metal pin that runs sideways through the fastener, would have been used to attach the fastener to a belt.

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.

FROM CARD: "SAME SPECIMEN ENTERED AS CATALOG NO. 2,012."

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/48 , retrieved 12-19-2019: A belt fastener made from antler. Two holes have been drilled through the fastener for attaching to one end of a belt. One surface has been decorated with a series of engraved lines. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/6: Belts were worn around the waist outside the parka. They were commonly made from a strip of hide with a loop or slit at one end and a fastener, sometimes called a buckle or clasp, at the other end that was passed through the loop. Fasteners typically were made from bone, antler or ivory, but brass buttons became common in later periods. Teeth, hooves and carved items often were attached to belts, and may have served as charms to ensure success in hunting, or to ward off evil spirits or disease.

Card for E45963, catalogued as "Box With Medicine Man's Masks, Robe etc." indicates that "FOR CONTENTS OF THIS BOX SEE #45976-9."

[E2123-0 and E2123-1] TWO NARROW WOVEN BELTS WHICH ARE SEWN AT EITHER END. BOTH WOVEN IN A ZIGZAG PATTERN OF BLUE, RED, YELLOW, LIGHT BLUE-GREEN AND NATURAL COLORS. PUBLICATION: S.I. ANNUAL REPORT, 1928, PL. 13, P. 641. ONE BELT [E2123-1] ] WAS FORMERLY ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE NORTH AMERICAN HALL, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1989. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.FROM CARD: "SMALL & NARROW. WOVEN OF VARIOUS COLORED WOOLS IN ZIGZAG PATTERN."Illus. Fig. 30, p. 88 in Tepper, Leslie Heymann, Janice George, and Willard Joseph. 2017. Salish Blankets: robes of protection and transformation, symbols of wealth.

PEALE DESCRIPTION: "BELTS MADE OF SHELLS (DENTALIUM) USED AS CURRENCY BY THE NATIVES OF THE NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA. PRESENTED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE HON. H.B. [Hudson's Bay] COMPANY."Old 19th century or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Belt - Dentalium indianorum strung on eight strings, which are held together in a band by being rove through strips of buckskin at intervals of each length of the shells. Indians of Northwest Coast. Length 3 ft. 8 ins. Width, 2 1/4 ins. N.W. Coast of N. America, 1841."Illus. p. 234 and described p. 234 and p. 381 in Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. Identified there as likely acquired by U.S. Exploring Expedition at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River.Belt made of dentalium shells strung together on natural fiber cord with leather spacers between the 27 sections.

FROM CARD: "BELT.--ROPE OF TWISTED CEDAR BARK, ENDS FRAYED OUT AND TIED TOGETHER, AT THE LATTER POINT BEING AN IVORY SLIDE CARVED TO REPRESENT A FISH'S HEAD. WORN BY INDIANS. LENGTH, 5 FT. 8 INS. DIAM. OF ROPE, 1 IN. ALASKA, 1870. 9,285. COLLECTED BY DR. HOFF, U. S. ARMY. DEPOSITED BY ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM."