E0337: Beaded Belt

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0337

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Clothing ➞ Accessory

Materials:

fabric ➔ cloth
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather

Dimensions:

100.5 cm L
12 cm W

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

USA, Woodland

Description:

A wide rectangular belt with a completely beaded band.

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