Woven with a red wool warp and vegetable fibre wefts. Decorated with glass beads in dark and light blue, medium blue, white, gold, green and turquoise.

Loom woven, with 29 rows.

A row of four concentric squares, separated by a pattern of stepped truncated triangles. This triangle motif could represent the base of pine tree found on the Hiawatha belt, or images associated with an underwater being. AC said the meaning of this motif depends upon its orientation.

Currently in the British Museum's Ethnology collection. The acquisition details for this item are unknown.

Unknown artist, message belt. Currently in the British Museum, Am1986,Q.60. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 26066.

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Alan Corbiere (AC), Henrietta Lidchi (HL), Darlene Johnston, Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).