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White hide dress decorated at the neck with loom beaded strips
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Woven dance belt made of commerical yarn colored in red and white
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Long, loom beaded belt with blue beads / Unidentified

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Looks like a loom beaded belt. This type of design and loom beading is pan-tribal. Could possibly be worn at a pow wow.

Tags: belt, loom beading
People: possibly Kiowa
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, ceremonial use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Long, loom beaded belt with blue beads
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; possibly Kiowa
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, glass
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Strip
Accession No: 
84.1869
Previous Number(s): 
8427.1869
Department: 
Anthropology
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