Beaded Leather Belt
Gwich'in
Dene (Athabascan)
Subarctic
collected late 19th-early 20th century
Leather, beads, cloth, and thread
Overall: 31 11/16 × 1 5/16 in. (80.5 × 3.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Charles Sheldon
51.32.12853
Geography
Place Made: Fort Yukon, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Accessory
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Charles Alexander Sheldon (1867-1928); to his wife, Louise Walker Gulliver Sheldon (1867-1950), Woodstock, Vermont; given to present collection, 1951.
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