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Object Number
99-12-10/53062
Display Title
Quilled belt
Descriptions
Object Description
Quilled leather belt with pendant metal cones. Decorated entirely on one side with white, pale yellow, eggplant, and orange quills, all large, thick, and noticeably shiny, applied in eight rows of one-quill zigzag bands (5 to 9 mm wide). The other side was originally fully decorated with hide thongs and metal alloy cones (2.5 to 3.0 cm long), once filled with light-colored animal hair.
Inventory Description
Leather belt, orange, white, brown quillwork, geo. design, 1 edge with tinklers.
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1800-1840
Culture
- Great Lake and Central Woodland Native American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Leather, Quill, Tin, Animal hide
Dimensions
Overall: 118 x 10 cm (46 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
Peale Museum
(Unknown - Unknown)
Owner
Mr. Baltis Raser
(Unknown - Unknown)
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Collector
William Clark
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Meriwether Lewis
(Unknown - Unknown)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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