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Belt

MOA: University of British Columbia

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Beaded leather belt. On a long piece of tough dark brown hide are sewn small glass beads creating three similar blocks of pattern located in the centre of the belt, equal distance from each other. Dark blue diamonds and triangles sit in a light blue background, sided by colour blocks of rust coloured beads, with vertical stripes of yellow and white or light blue. The long edges of the belt have think boarders of light blue beading.

  • Narrative

    Sandra Dent's grandfather (Gervase Edward Gale) was a missionary and principal of St. Paul's School at Cardston, Alberta, on the Blood Reserve, c. 1904-1910. Her grandmother, Hattie May is said to have collected the Blood (Kainai) objects in MOA accessions 3194 and 3239.

  • Type of Item belt
  • Culture Kainai
  • Material skin, glass, cotton fibre
  • Measurements height 5.5 cm, width 66.5 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Hattie May Gale, Sandra Dent
  • Received from Sandra Dent
  • Made in Alberta
  • Collected in Cardston
  • Creation Date before 1900
  • Collection Date between 1904 and 1910
  • Ownership Date before 1968, before May 2, 2017
  • Acquisition Date on May 2, 2017
  • Item Classes beadwork
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3239/0002

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