🌺 Native American Indian Beaded Belt circa 1920's Rare & Excellent condition

Description

A rare, one-of-a-kind, museum piece from circa 1920's Native American Indian beaded belt.  Design is the traditional rose motiff of that era.  The high quality beaded belt is assumed to be worn by women dancing at pow wows.  The width is 5 inches and the length is 41 1/2 inches.
It was purchased in Fort Hall, Idaho in 1990 at a local merchant that specialized in Shoshone Bannock beaded art. Authentic, vintage belts of this quality are difficult to find in the market, this one is original with no repairs.
Native Americans
Shoshone tribe are historically well known for their unique and outstanding skills of beaded art. At the time or purchase, the merchant verified its authenticity and estimated date of the piece at 1920. (Read below for information on the Shoshone and Bannock tribes of 1920.) The original tag when purchased is still on the belt and the tag is shown in the photos. The backing material is clearly vintage, an older cotton material of the 1920's era.
This is a collectors and most likely a museum piece in amazing condition. There is only one small area that is worn (see photo).   The detail of the roses in different colors shows a highly skilled Native American artist's beadwork of the time.
It takes years to learn how to create these beautiful beaded belt and have each bead in the proper place and remain in place for 100 years. For the past about 40 years, this belt has been stored carefully, never worn, and rarely looked at.
You will enjoy this piece of art and can pass it down to your family members. If taken care of, it will last for many years.
More
information
on Native American beaded artistry
The book, ‘Beads: A Universe of Meaning,’ traces the history of American Indian beads as a medium & identity for indigenous peoples
The exhibit takes us on a historical tour around Turtle Island using beaded leather garments, articles of adornment, and modern works of art dating from circa 1850 to the present. These beaded treasures show us that makers of
beadwork
have sustained traditions, engaged with popular culture, while developing a uniquely native art form.
Beadwork has a long extensive history with various regional traditions among all Native American nations and communities. What we now consider as a contemporary decorative art form, had its beginnings with trade beads in the mid-16th century with the Spaniards in New Mexico and then everywhere across the continent where there was contact with Europeans in the 17th century.
Trade beads or imported glass beads became a popular and easy to transport trade item. The ancient tradition of bead making came first among all indigenous peoples in the Americas and then glass beads revolutionized design work as contact altered many aspects of native culture. Beads were carried along ancient trade routes before the Europeans arrived and then preceded them into the interior. On the native side, since 1608 in Quebec, the fur trade has involved trade goods, metal tools and especially American Indian beads.
The Fort Hall Reservation near Pocatello Idaho
The Fort Hall Reservation was set apart for the regional Bannock Native Americans in 1869 with 600 Bannock souls, in addition to a large number of Shoshone, consented to remain on it. However, most of them soon wandered away. By 1878, with the loss of their traditional hunting lands, the dramatic reduction in the number of buffalo, and the failure of the government to provide assistance, the Bannock, led by Chief Buffalo Horn and joined by the Northern Paiute Indians, began to raid white settlements in search of food. This soon led to what is known as the
Bannock War
when the U.S. Cavalry, under General Oliver Otis Howard, was sent in to crush the Bannock. The cavalry won two battles against the Indians in southern Idaho before killing some 140 Bannock men, women and children at Charles’ Ford,
Wyoming
. Afterward, the remaining Indians gave up and returned to the reservation.
By 1885, the Bannock at Fort Hall were said to number 422 and by 1901, 513. However, by this time, they were so intermixed with the Shoshone, that no attempt was made to count them separately.
Between the original treaty of 1868 and 1932, the reservation set aside for the Bannock and Shoshone was reduced more than two-thirds, from 1.8 million acres to 544,000 acres, due to white settlers encroaching upon the land.
Fort Hall, Idaho, 1849
Today, many of the Bannock still live on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in southeastern Idaho, along with the Lemhi and Northern Shoshone Indians. The tribal government offices and most tribal business enterprises are located eight miles north of Pocatello, Idaho in Fort Hall. The reservation, nestled between the cities of Pocatello, American Falls, and Blackfoot, is divided into five districts:
Fort Hall
, Lincoln Creek, Ross Fork, Gibson and Bannock Creek. More than 70 percent of the tribes’ approximately 5,300 enrolled tribal members still reside on the reservation and 96% of the land still remains in tribal and individual Indian ownership.
The reservation employs nearly 1,000 Native and non-Native people in various trades, including nearly 600 in tribal government, as well as more in individual enterprises and more gaming. Its tribal government is focused on building the tribes’ economy and ensuring the protection and enhancement of the reservation land base for future generations.
The ruins of the fort are located on the reservation. The community of Fort Hall, along Interstate 15, is the largest population center on the reservation.
For more
information
on the history of the Shoshone Bannock tribe go to:
https://wheelwright.org/about/history/
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We offer a
14 Day Refund No Questions Asked Policy
.
We will give you a full refund of your purchase price after the item has been returned and assessed to be in the same condition as the day it was sold. As the buyer, you assume the responsibility for insurance, delivery and/or signature confirmation to provide a tracking number to insure the safe return of the item.
Please look at photos and description carefully and ask questions before purchase.
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