Gift of Adelaide Goan

Gift of Nobuko Kajitani

From card: "Wrapped with porcupine quill, fringed at ends. An original tag, hand written, before Evans acquisition, reads: "Sash, The gift of W. Dickson Esqu., Niagara, U. C. [probably Upper Canada], 1822." Loan Denver Museum 3/15/65, returned 10/6/65."

Gift of Adelaide Goan

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Woven belt consists of yellow-brown and dark-brown plant fibres woven to form horizontal zigzagging lines. On top are two plaited, crossing cords which form four diamond patterns. This is bordered and interspersed by rows of threaded coix seeds. On the left-hand side is a tassel of ruddy-brown sago-leaf. The right side ends in a tightly braided loop, while the left connects to long woven braids of sago leaf. There are two loose ties where this long braid is woven into the patterned section.

Woven belt has ten rows of light and dark sago leaf strips that have been woven over the top of ruddy brown sago fibres, forming diagonal lines. Two criss-crossing braids of these three colours are attached above this, forming diamond shapes. One end is a thick braided loop, the other has three ties: a thicker, longer one in the middle that culminates in a knot and fraying strands (with two rubber bands around it); and two thinner, shorter braids that end in loops.