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Yarn dance belt with four braided strips and tassles / Nick Nickwander

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Tags: woven dance belt, tassles, braided strip, steal, white, coral, yarn
People: Nick Nickwander, Muscogee (Creek), Euchee
Places: Eastern Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial events, social events, stomp dance

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

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Title(s): 
Yarn dance belt with four braided strips and tassles
Creator(s): 
Nick Nickwander (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Muscogee (Creek), Euchee
Date: 
1997
Materials/Techniques: 
polyester
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Clothing and Garments
Object Type: 
Belt
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds gifted by the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program
Accession No: 
99.246
Previous Number(s): 
TL1997.65
Department: 
Anthropology
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