Belt with a Buckle made of Baleen
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1948-1957
Woven leather, seal skin with a whale baleen buckle
Overall: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Overall: 1 7/16 × 1/16 in. (3.6 × 0.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Sally Carrighar
166.43.16132
Geography
Place Made: Kivalina, Kotzebue Sound, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Accessory
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Sally Carrighar (1895-1985) writer and naturalist who spent ten years in the Arctic; given to present collection, 1966.
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