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Narrow buckskin breech clout. Belt passes through slits in the back piece.
Narrow buckskin breech clout. Belt passes through slits in the back piece.
Object Number 15-36-10/86551
Display Title Narrow buckskin breech clout. Belt passes through slits in the back piece.
Descriptions
Object Description Narrow buckskin breech clout. Belt passes through slits in the back piece.
Inventory Description Breech clout, buckskin, slits for belt in back, plain one strip mended
Classification
  • Breechcloth
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Buckskin
Dimensions Overall: 87.9 x 123.3 x 0.2 cm (34 5/8 x 48 9/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86551
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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