Belt

Belt

Belt

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Introduction

This belt was made from wool, linen, and beads loom-woven with white background, black, light turquoise, navy, shades of green (2), transparent red, transparent gold. Designs were created with diamond and rectangle patterns. Item comes from the Great Lakes area and was donated by Mrs. Charles Scudder in 1953.

Materials

Wool yarn red and navy, linen thread, natural linen tape. Size 13 seed beads: white background, black, light turquoise, navy, shades of green (2), transparent red, transparent gold.

Techniques or Format

Loom-woven. Edges bound with linen tape, not braided, both warp threads and tassels hanging loose. Apparently bound within linen tape.

Motifs and Patterns

Positive and negative space. Either pinwheel/8-point star with black diamond or sequence of two-color lozenge with X. White background rectangle diamond, rectangle pattern.

Dimensions: 21 × 0 × 0 in
Current Location: Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1953 102 0004
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1953
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Mrs. Charles Scudder
GKS Reference Number: 25298
Approximate Place of Origin

46.869279102, -71.347896113

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