Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Christian F. Schuster (1868-1957, a collector and amateur archaeologist in Holyoke, Massachusetts) and possibly collected by him when he lived with the Blackfeet in the 1920s; purchased by MAI from Christian Schuster in 1953.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
- Possible collector
- Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
- Previous owner
- Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
- Seller
- Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
- Object Name
- Sash/Belt
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, glass bead/beads, metal buckle
- Techniques
- Sewn, overlay beadwork
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Accessories
