Charm Belt

NA299

From: Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA299
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide | Caribou Fur
Description

Strip of leather with two lighter colored strips, woven throughout to form a repeating square pattern. Twelve charms hang from the belt.

Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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