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Quilled belt
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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