Woven belt with bone attachments. Wide belt is made in a tight basket weave from thin strips of light and dark brown leather. Buckle is made of two pieces of bone, smoothly carved into rectangles, with a prong nailed to one that fits into a tube joint in the other. Several figures are etched into the bone, including a hunter and a woman in lightweight clothing, and tools such as an oil lamp, ulu, and chopper, among others. Back of belt has similar pieces attached, with images including a walrus and person paddling a boat. Two small undecorated buttons and a long undecorated loop are also attached to the back. Many of the images are accompanied by small Inuktitut syllabics.

• Narrative

  Gigliotti was stationed in Frobisher Bay (now Iqaliut) as a meteorologist from 1952-54. During this period he acquired a small collection of Inuit objects from two Inuit men who were allowed to come out to the station. He was told the objects were from Cape Dorset.

• History Of Use

  The pouch (3202/2) is thought to have been attached to the belt at one time.

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• Type of Item belt
• Culture Inuit
• Material skin, bone, paint, metal
• Measurements height 10.3 cm, width 38.0 cm, depth 5.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Tom Gigliotti
• Received from Tom Gigliotti

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• Made in Cape Dorset, Kinngait
• Collected in Iqaluit

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• Creation Date before 1954
• Collection Date between 1952 and 1954
• Ownership Date before October 1, 2016
• Acquisition Date on October 1, 2016

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• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3202/0003