Belt, man's

Description

Man's belt comprising a band of red, white, blue and yellow loom-woven porcupine quills coloured with European aniline dyes, not yet attached to a tanned caribou skin band: North America, Canada, Northwest Territories, Fort Simpson, Tłı̨chǫ

Museum reference

A.849.2

Collection

Americas

Object name

Belt, man's

Production information

Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

Date

c. 1862

Style / Culture

Tłı̨chǫ
Athapaskan

Materials

Porcupine quill, Sinew

Physical description

Belt, made of a band of red, white, blue and yellow loom-woven porcupine quills coloured with European aniline dyes and worked with sinew, not yet attached to a tanned caribou skin band, so the cut ends of the quills are visible on the reverse side.

Associations

Hudson's Bay Company

Exhibitions

• Dogrib: We live securely by the land (01 Oct 2006 - 14 Dec 2007)
  Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
  Carleton University Art Gallery

References

The Athabaskans: Strangers of the North. Ottawa: National Museum of Man, 1974. Exhibition catalogue from 'An international travelling exhibition from the collection of the National Museum of Man, Canada, and the Royal Scottish Museum'. cat no. 144

Idiens, Dale, A catalogue of Northern Athapaskan Indian artefacts in the collection of the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, Art and Archaeology 3, March 1979

Dè T’a Hoti Ts’eeda: ‘We Live Securely by the Land’; An Exhibition of Dene material selected from the collections from National Museums Scotland. Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada 2006