Deer Hide Belt

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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.

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

Collection

The Brooklyn Museum

Citation

“Deer Hide Belt,” Mapping Anishinaabe Regalia, accessed September 19, 2024, https://iris.siue.edu/anishinaaberegalia/items/show/23.