Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1985.49.208

Belt amulet against snake bite. Snake-skin, backed with cloth and edged with beads. Two cone-shaped metal pendants. [ZM 7/6/2004]

1985.49.208

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Belt amulet against snake bite. Snake-skin, backed with cloth and edged with beads. Two cone-shaped metal pendants. [ZM 7/6/2004]
Cultural groups
Blackfoot Confederacy
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1934
Date collected
By 1934
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes
Material Textile, Material Snake Skin Reptile, Material Bead, Material Metal, Process Stitched, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 1050 mm, Width: max 58 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1985.49.208

Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Clothing, Waist Ornament, Belt, Amulet

Further items to explore