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Description:

Strip of white cotton with metal snaps. The belt, probably homemade, was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: MedicineWomen's Health

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See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Midwife Kit

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Credit Line: Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.0128.14Accession Number: 2012.0128Catalog Number: 2012.0128.14

Object Name: belt, midwife's kit

Physical Description: cotton (overall material)metal (buttons material)Measurements: overall: 1/8 in x 31 in x 2 3/4 in; .3175 cm x 78.74 cm x 6.985 cmoverall: 79.7 cm x 6.1 cm; 31 3/8 in x 2 13/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-91e6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1422965

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Belt