Porcupine quill belt

Enrico A. D'Albertis 1932

XIX - 1840 - 1850

C.D.A.861

Tipo di misura: altezzaxlunghezza; Unità di misura: cm; Spessore: 4.5 x 83

Stati Uniti d'America/Canada

Vita quotidiana

West Iroquois or East Ojibway. belt consisting of a structure of seven leather strips each 0.5 cm wide, entirely covered with porcupine quills dyed cream, light brown, ochre, red and black. The spines are attached to the leather strips with vegetable fibres woven into the back in such a way as to bind them to each other, except for the strips with red-dyed spines that cover the leather strips in such a way as to keep them separated from each other. At both ends are two semi-circular loops made of leather strips and covered with porcupine quills dyed cream and red. At one end are strings of woven leather or vegetable fibre of different lengths and covered in alternating bands with hedgehog quills in the same colours as the belt. A metal cone is inserted at the end of each string. From the inventory collection of Capt. E.A. D'Albertis: 'rattlesnake belt of the Moqui Indians,Walpi reservation'. The object probably arrived in Walpi through trade. West Iroquois or East Ojibway.