Belt

Belt

Belt

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Introduction

Long rectangular canvas panel, Front is fully beaded with geometric designs, opaque and semi-translucent round beads applied with spot-stitched technique.

Nation of Maker: Ojibwe Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Catalogue records attribute this to the Saulteaux Cultural type.

Date Made or Date Range: Late 19th C; Early 20th C
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Summary of catalogue description

Materials

Rectangular canvas panel, opaque and semi-translucent round beads in geometric designs, metal hooks at one end, other end metal eyelets

Techniques or Format

Long rectangular canvas panel, Front is fully beaded with geometric designs, opaque and semi-translucent round beads applied with spot-stitched technique, Beige linen cloth backing, sewn to canvas with whipped running stitch, creates at border around the circumference, Two metal hooks at one end, other end has two metal eyelets.

Motifs and Patterns

Design consists of alternating diamonds and hourglasses, white diamonds have a smaller light blue, red, yellow and turquoise blue diamond at the centre, hourglasses are blue with red outline.

Original and Subsequent Uses

Belt

Dimensions: 62.8 × 4.3 × 0 cm
Condition: Good, Areas of missing beads, Two metal closures missing.
Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: HBC 005-16
Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://manitobamuseum.ca/main/collections-research/collections-database/
Collection at Current Location: Hudson's Bay Company Museum Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: unknown
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Great granddaughter of NMWJ McKenzie
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: Late 19th C; Early 20th C
Previous Collectors: Nathaniel Murdock William John McKenzie
GKS Reference Number: 58894
How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum

Approximate Place of Origin

42.7, -92.2

Source of Information about Places

Catalogue records attribute this belt to either the Northeast Great Lakes-Riverine Geo-cultural area or that of the Plains.

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