Ojibway beaded green, orange, yellow, purple, blue, white, red, pink belt sash with floral design.
belts (costume accessories)
Belt
Belt
Label from box: "Indian Bead Belt/ + (ojibaway)/ Bone necklace/ (ILLEGIBLE)/ S.W. Phillips" Tag: "Beautiful beaded belt, 3 feet/ long, five inches wide, elaborate/ floral designs in colors./ Ojibway Indians. White Earth/ Reservation, Minnesota./ 410"
Along tag hole stamped: "DENNISON'S STANDARD" (tag and note)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
2409
Unknown
Minnesota (hand crafted)
5 x 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.423
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