Apache or Pueblo Tinkler Dance Belt

Item: 1689

Origin: Apache, Pueblo, Southern plains
Date: Circa 1900
Media: Commerical hide, hide, deer dew claws/ hooves
Dimensions: 33″ by 3″, with the strap opened up, a total of 55″

Description:  This belt was likely used as attire for a dance.  The hooves would shake and make noise.  Some of the hooves are carved with a serrated end.

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Condition: Condition is original with no restoration.  The belt shows good wear and use and while it has “crackle” to it, it is in good shape.

Provenance: From a private collection in Seminole, TX.  Originally purchased at Ward’s  The Original Trading Post, Santa Fe, NM Sept. 1973

Price: SOLD

A tinkler deer hooves dance belt, Apache, Southern Plains or Pueblo, circa 1900 on commerical hide.