Sash/Belt

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Date created: 1900-1910

Culture/People: Jicarilla Apache
Collector: Ralph Aspaas, Non-Indian, 1877-1939; Allie Ward Aspaas (Alice Ward/Mrs. Ralph Aspaas), Non-Indian, 1881-1959
Previous owner: Ralph Aspaas, Non-Indian, 1877-1939; Allie Ward Aspaas (Alice Ward/Mrs. Ralph Aspaas), Non-Indian, 1881-1959; Carl Henry Aspaas, Non-Indian, 1908-1975; Dr. Helen Ruth Aspaas, Non-Indian; Carla Marie Aspaas Foland, Non-Indian
Donor: Dr. Helen Ruth Aspaas, Non-Indian; Carla Marie Aspaas Foland, Non-Indian

Collection History: Collected by Ralph Aspaas (1877-1939), who worked as an allotment agent for the Jicarilla Apache tribe from about 1905 to 1911 and his wife Allie Ward Aspaas (1881-1959), who worked in an Indian School at Dulce, New Mexico; inherited by their son Carl Henry Aspaas (1908-1975) and then by his daughters, Dr. Helen Ruth Aspaas and Carla Marie Aspaas Foland; donated to NMAI by Dr. Helen Ruth Aspaas and Carla Marie Aspaas Foland in 2003.
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Place: Dulce, Jicarilla Apache Reservation; Rio Arriba County; New Mexico; USA

See related items: Jicarilla Apache; Clothing/Garments: Accessories

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/2731
Barcode: 262731.000

Object Type: Clothing/Garments: Accessories

Object Name: Sash/Belt
Media/Materials: Commercially tanned leather, glass bead/beads, wool cloth, metal buckle, thread
Techniques: Sewn, overlay beadwork, perforated, stitched
Dimensions: 98 x 3.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6095386d3-36dd-4eab-9c5c-bf02e09c955c

Record ID: NMAI_278851