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Belt
Belt
Artist/Maker
Datec. 1875
MediumLeather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 in. × 66 in. × 1/4 in. (6.4 × 167.6 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of James H. Glass, H1912; Transferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.539
Not on view
DescriptionBead and rivet belt. "Crow - Nez Perce panel belt, beaded on harness leather, decorated w/ brass tacks."

Additional Details

Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
c. 1881: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift of James H. Glass.
Inscribed Inscribed in ink on verso: NA [illegible]13
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