Concho belt
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- probably Sioux (attributed); possibly collected from the Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
- Possible collector
- Fred R. Meyer, Non-Indian, 1874-1939
- Previous owner
- Fred R. Meyer, Non-Indian, 1874-1939
- Seller
- Hattie M. Meyer (Henrietta Marie Frank/Mrs. Fred R. Meyer), Non-Indian, 1886-1971
- Object Name
- Concho belt
- Media/Materials
- Commercially tanned leather, german silver ("nickel silver"/copper-nickel alloy)
- Techniques
- Stamped, stitched
- Dimensions
- 111 x 5 x 101 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Accessories
- Place
- Wyoming; USA
- Date created
- circa 1910
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Fred R. Meyer (1874-1939, an amateur photographer who traveled widely in the West) and possibly collected by him; purchased by MAI from his widow Hattie M. Meyer (1886-1971) in 1939.
- Catalog Number
- 2/5994
- Barcode
- 025994.000
- See related items
- Sioux
- Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
- Clothing/Garments: Accessories
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement