Made of red wool, faded to brown, with white pony beads interwoven. Tassels on both ends are wrapped with white porcupine quills, with some terminating in metal cones containing red dyed deer hair.

Finger woven, decorated with interwoven beads. The tassles are decorated with a quill wrapping technique. There were originally 12 tassels on each end, however, now some are missing. Although only a few of the tassels terminate in metal cones, it appears as though all of the fringe pieces were once decorated with metal cones, with many falling off over time.

The interwoven beadwork is done in a pattern of parallel chevrons made up of rectangles. There is a large diamond in the middle, with chevrons radiating outwards from both sides.

Based upon style and manufacture characteristics, the GRASAC research team suggested a date of manufacutre between the mid 18th to early 19th century.

Collected by English ethnologist Henry Christy. This item, along with several other items Christy had collected, was donated to the British Museum between 1860 and 1869.

Unknown Anishinaabe/Haudenosaunee artist, belt. Currently in the British Museum, Am.2627. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 26504.

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), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).