Woolen Belt Item Number: E2120-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
TWINED, WOOLEN BELT WITH LONG FRINGE AT EITHER END. THE BELT IS WOVEN IN WHITE, RED AND GREEN ZIGZAG PATTERNS. FRINGE AT EITHER END; PUBLICATION: S.I. ANNUAL REPORT, 1928, PL. 13, P. 646. THIS OBJECT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN HALL, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1989. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.From card: "Mountain goat. Woven of white, red, and green wools in zigzag pattern; ends fringed. Illus.: ARSI, 1928; Pl. 13; p.646."Reference: Solazzo, C., S. Heald, M.W. Ballard, D.A. Ashford, P.T. DePriest, R.J. Koestler, and M. Collins. 2011. Proteomics and Coast Salish blankets: A tale of shaggy dogs? Antiquity 85: 1418-1432. http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/085/ant0851418.htm . Identified there as a sash belt - main part a tightly woven structure, fringe of identical materials, and braid incorporated in the fringe; braid a blend of Mountain goat hair and Salish wool or woolly dog hair.Illus. Fig. 41, p. 101, in Tepper, Leslie Heymann, Janice George, and Willard Joseph. 2017. Salish Blankets: robes of protection and transformation, symbols of wealth.