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CAS 0477-0047 | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Micronesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Federated States of Micronesia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Yap | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Fais or Woleai Atoll, Western Caroline Islands | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1976 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Clam shell; Coconut shell (?); Sea turtle shell (tortoiseshell); Hibiscus fiber | |
| Description | Woman’s belt comprising nine side-by-side strands of white shell disk beads and dark brown coconut shell or turtle shell disk beads, all strung on hibiscus fiber cordage; Beads are strung in alternating brown and white blocks of color, separated by turtle shell spacer bars, to form geometric patterns; At each end, the hibiscus fibers on which the beads are strung become warp fibers and are woven in a twining technique using additional hibiscus fibers as the wefts, forming a small triangular area before the warp fibers are again recombined into three groups which are then braided together to form long end ties; Near the end of each tie, the fibers are tied off, leaving the remaining fibers as short fringe; According to original accession entry, this type of belt is worn for prestige and as a display of wealth. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.5, Thickness = 0.5, Length = ca. 154.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0497-0009 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Mohave | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California, Arizona | |
| County | San Bernardino, CA, Mohave, AZ | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1900 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass beads; String | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.1, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 145.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1300B |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Pinal | |
| Other Geographic Data | City: Scottsdale | |
| Maker's Name | Ivan Kee (attributed) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1948 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Leather | |
| Description | Hand-tooled leather belt with repeating rectilinear scroll motif; Belt is companion piece to belt buckle CAS 0370-1300A by Kenneth Begay. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.3, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 112.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0631 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; String; Leather; Metal | |
| Description | Loom beaded belt with a geometric design containing red triangles bordered in light blue, teepees and arrows in red, light blue and yellow and small diamonds in red, dark blue and yellow; The buckle consists of a rosette of concentric circles containing inward pointing triangles and a central sunburst; Hide swatch affixed to buckle and end to which snaps have been affixed. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 90.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-0616 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930-1950 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; String; Leather; Metal snaps | |
| Description | Loom beaded belt; At the "buckle" is a piece of leather to which snaps have been affixed and another narrow band of leather through which to loop the belt; The other end is tapered to a point; The decoration, a white background and green geometric designs, consists of alternating motifs; The first is columns of stacked isosceles triangles; The other consists of a star-shaped pattern; The entire band is bordered in green. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.0, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 90.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0146-0007 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Bonnet | |
| Culture | Dena’ina (Tanaina) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Cook Inlet area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1880s to 1890s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Caribou (?) hide; Glass beads, Sinew; Cotton string; Commercial paint | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 46.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 64.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1992-0001-0028 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Button | |
| Culture | unidentified Native American (New Mexico Indian) | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Beads; Leather; Cardboard; Metal | |
| Description | Beaded button; Five point star pattern in blue beads on a red background, all on leather-wrapped cardboard core backing; Brass safety pin fastener. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 2.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1794 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Button | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Thread | |
| Description | Beaded button net-stitched on leather backing; Star pattern in blue and white with blue border. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.5, Max Diam = 2.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1793A,B |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Buttons (2) | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Thread | |
| Description | Pair of beaded buttons, net-stitched on leather backing; Star pattern in blue and white with red border. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 2.2 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1761A-D |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Buttons (4) | |
| Culture | Northwest Coast Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Washington or Alaska (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1940-1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Leather | |
| Description | Set of 4 round, flat, leather buttons with pair of small round holes in center of each; Each has hand-tooled outlined image of large fish on one face, stained dark brown; Outer edge of buttons are also stained dark brown. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.4, Max Diam = 3.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1791A-F |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Buttons (6) | |
| Culture | Apache or Ute, probably | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Thread | |
| Description | Set of 6 beaded buttons, net-stitched on leather backing; Star pattern in blue and white. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.6, Max Diam = 2.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1792A-F |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Buttons (6) | |
| Culture | unidentified Plains Indian | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Oklahoma (?) | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Leather; Thread | |
| Description | Set of 6 beaded buttons, net-stitched on leather backing; Star pattern in blue and white. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.4, Max Diam = 2.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0539-0007 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Garter | |
| Culture | Ojibwe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Great Lakes region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Thread; Commercial cloth; Wool yarn | |
| Description | One of two identical garters (See CAS 0539-0008) consisting of a rectangular loom-woven beaded panel with linear geometric and floral designs in green, yellow, grape, and pale blue on clear background, with short ribbon bands and long red and black wool yarn fringes at each end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.4, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 36.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0539-0008 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Garter | |
| Culture | Ojibwe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Great Lakes region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Thread; Commercial cloth; Wool yarn | |
| Description | One of two identical garters (See CAS 0539-0007) consisting of a rectangular loom-woven beaded panel with linear geometric and floral designs in green, yellow, grape, and pale blue on clear background, with short ribbon bands and long red and black wool yarn fringes at each end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.4, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 36.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0260-0003 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Garter or sash belt | |
| Culture | Chippewa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Wisconsin | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Great Lakes region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass beads; Thread; Wool yarn | |
| Description | Garter or sash belt consisting of rectangular loom-woven beaded panel with row of 3 large stars and 3 concentric diamonds flanked by smaller floral designs in colors of red, golden yellow, dark blue, green, and black, all on white background with red and blue checkerboard pattern at either end; Warp threads from beaded panel are interwoven into long red wool yarn fringes which are braided for approximately 5.5 to 6.0 cm nearest the beaded panel. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 11.7, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 68.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0099-0001 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Hair ornament | |
| Culture | Filipino | |
| Global Region | Southeast Asia | |
| Country | Philippines | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Mindanao | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Hair; Glass beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.5, Thickness = 1.5, Length = 17.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1988-0005-0032 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Hair ornament | |
| Culture | Lakota Sioux | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Hide; Leather; Glass beads; Horsehair; Porcupine quills; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells; Metal: Tin; Feathers; Sinew | |
| Description | Tanned leather beaded with lazy stitch technique attached to backing of stiff rawhide; Beaded pattern in red and blue of equilateral triangles with stepped diagonal lines extending down from lower apices; Small bands extend upward from other apices; Background is white; Cowrie shells and short quill wrapped hide slats attached below beaded panel; Quills are dyed red and white and are tipped with tin cones and blue-dyed feathers; Yellow dyed horsehair affixed to rawhide backing with hide laces; Another hide lace attached at top; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 8.5, Thickness = 2.0, Length = 26.5 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 1988-0005-0031A,B |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Hair ornaments (2) | |
| Culture | Nez Perce | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Idaho, Washington or Oregon | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s to early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Tanned hide; Glass beads; Rabbit fur; Sinew | |
| Description | Tubes constructed of tanned hide stitched up one side with sinew; Edged at both ends in rabbit fur; Hide lace attached at one end; Overlay stitch beaded design consists of lavender and red geometric patterns on a white background; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) in 1909. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = ca. 3.5, Length = 13.5 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0574-0015 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Hat | |
| Culture | Kuba | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Congo (Zaire) | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Kasai Province | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Near Bulape | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1970s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Palm or grass fiber; Glass beads; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells | |
| Description | Conical shaped hat with an indeterminate under structure covered on exterior with finely woven mat which is folded under at rim and cut to line interior of hat; Cylindrical knob extends upward on crown and 3 long rectangular flaps hang down from it; Exterior of hat is divided into two bands, each of which is subdivided into panels that are alternately decorated with cowrie shells or geometric patterns in blue and white cut glass beads; Pendant flaps on crown are also decorated in blue and white cut glass beads; Single row of alternating red and white beads encircles crown, neck, and rim of hat; Hats of this style and decorated with beads and shells indicate the high status of the person wearing it. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 16.9, Max Diam = 17.8 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0513-0132 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Headband | |
| Culture | Rendille | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cow leather; Beads; Metal: Brass; Cow or sheep tendon; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shell; Button | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 14.9, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 20.1 |
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