Deer Hide Belt
Title
Deer Hide Belt
Alternative Title
The Jarvis Dress Belt
Identifier
50.67.29
Description
Home tanned unsmoked hide belt with running stitch beading and fringes.
Date Created
1833-1835, or before.
Source
Possibly Yanktonai, Nakota, Sioux, Cree or Anishinaabe.
Spatial Coverage
Pembina, North Dakota
Medium
Unsmoked deer hide; glass cut beads; glass pony beads; dyed porcupine quills.
Provenance
Collected by Nathan Sturges Jarvis when he was stationed at Ft. Snelling, Minneapolis, MN, c.1833-35. Purchased by the Brooklyn Museum with the Henry L. Batterman Fund and Frank Sherman Benson Fund.
Relation
Subject
hide strap dress
References
Cory Willmott. 2022. Decolonizing the Museum to Reclaim and Revitalize the Anishinaabe Strap Dress. Winterthur Portfolio 55(2):121-185
Type
Heritage Item
Physical Dimensions
39 x 3 1/4 in. (99.1 x 8.3 cm)
Item Name
belt
Institution URL
Geoname URL
Collection
Citation
“Deer Hide Belt,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed November 30, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/23.