Belt, Beaded - Piil'taaq
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center > Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Ethnographic Collection
1986.032.017
Glass;Animal materials;Wood/Plant material
Height: .25"
Width: .5"
Length: 25.25"
20th century
Alutiiq
These objects were collected by the Kimball/Andresen family, who operated a trading post in Prince William Sound from 1902-1915.
Kodiak Island?, ca. 1907
Gift of Carl Andresen
Beadwork belt or headband made of horizontal bands of beads. They are composed of loomed beads, which is very unusual for Alaska but which was done by the Alutiiq people of southcentral Alaska.