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1992.22.13

European-style belt with beadwork decoration.

1992.22.13

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Collection type
Object
Description
European-style belt with beadwork decoration.
Long description
European-style belt with leather ends and buckle, decorated with blue, white and orange-red beadwork in lane stitch. The beadwork was worked on hessian and backed with soft dressed skin. Stitched with commercial thread. [ASh [OPS move] 16/08/2016]
Cultural groups
European
Plains
Person
Maker Newton David Munro Turvey
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Kathleen Turvey
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1992
Date collected
By 1992
Acquisition information
Donated: 28/08/1992
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Textile, Material Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Beadwork, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Width: max 55 mm, Length: max 900 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1992.22.13
Research and responses

It seems likely that this was made by collector. The collection includes supplies of all the beads used, and other examples of similar skin. Lines were drawn on the hessian to help position the beads.

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