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Money Belt
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Money belt made of smooth tan cowhide. Basic form is a leather band folded over twice lengthwise to form a row of 3 compartments covered by a continuous flap; the stitching between compartments is machine-stitched; each corner is secured with a lacquered rivet; the ends are machine-stitched but one retains holes indicating a earlier presence of hand stitching; the back bottom of the belt has a series of slits formed by punching a circle out at each corner then cut to connect the dots; through these slots a belt is threaded that once tapered to a narrow tie strip at each end; it has been adapted to have a cast metal buckle at each end, machine stitched in place; there is a short leather strip knotted once at each top corner and another in the center under flap.
G2010.104
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Male
Accessory
Historic Costume
Belt
Male
Hide
Brown
1865 - 1920
Inside
CLARENCE E. OLMSTEAD / DAVENPORT CENTER, N.Y.
Outside
C. E. OLMSTEAD
American
Clarence Olmstead