Belt
NA5818
From: Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA5818 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Dene |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Skin | Quill | Bead |
| Description | Quilled. Made with old time porcupine quills, dyed and used as decoration. Today, entirely replaced by beads. The art of using them is almost entirely lost. This belt was made by old Belle, who came over from the susitna country and lived in the Nenana country. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Guy H. Madara, 1917 |
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