Posted on January 24, 2012 with 12 notes.
Tagged: beads, horse hair, leather, belt, Native Tribes, California, .
Shasta beltca. 1860–1890CaliforniaHorsehair, leather, wool cloth, buttons and thimbles, cotton string82 x 9 cm Northern California Native peoples lived near and interacted with the equestrian tribes of the Plateau. This Shasta belt, made from braided horsehair, speaks to the trade relationship that existed between the Shasta and the tribes of the southern Plateau. The belt incorporates several manufactured pieces—thimbles, brass buttons, red cotton, and a clock gear—which the Shasta probably traded for, in addition to pine nuts, buckskin, obsidian, and the marine-mollusk shells known as dentalia.

Shasta belt
ca. 1860–1890
California
Horsehair, leather, wool cloth, buttons and thimbles, cotton string
82 x 9 cm

Northern California Native peoples lived near and interacted with the equestrian tribes of the Plateau. This Shasta belt, made from braided horsehair, speaks to the trade relationship that existed between the Shasta and the tribes of the southern Plateau. The belt incorporates several manufactured pieces—thimbles, brass buttons, red cotton, and a clock gear—which the Shasta probably traded for, in addition to pine nuts, buckskin, obsidian, and the marine-mollusk shells known as dentalia.

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