- Ethnohistorical collection
Arrow belt
Arrowhead study piece with double sawtooth pattern. The piece is made of wool in blue, white and orange. Its colors are derived from synthetic dyes. An artisan’s label is sewn onto one end.
- Accession Number 2021.15.06
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials fiber, wool
- Technique braided
- Measurements 6 x 156 cm
Historical context
Par ses particularités esthétiques telles que sa faible largeur et sa faible longueur, il est difficile d’attribuer à cet objet le nom de « ceinture fléchée », bien qu’il ait été confectionné selon la technique de tressage du fléché. Aussi, les motifs sont particuliers : à doubles dents de scie, ils sont dits « tressés en demi » en opposition au tressage en entier des ceintures plus traditionnelles. Ces dernières poss...
- Accession Number 2021.15.06
- Period 1st half of the 20th century
- Materials fiber, wool
- Technique braided
- Measurements 6 x 156 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Jean-Pierre Lavigne, 2021.015.006
Photo by Michel Julien
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