The Sheldon Jackson Museum August artifact of the month is a set of six walrus ivory belt fasteners (SJ-II-X-380A-F). The object records for these belt fasteners contain very little information - the maker(s), collection source, and collector are unknown. But it's likely these are Iñupiaq, date to the 19th century, and were collected by Sheldon Jackson. The fasteners may have been used on caribou mandible belts worn by Iñupiaq or Yup’ik women. They illustrate the variety found in belt fastener design.
