Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Embroidered nineteenth century boxing belt featuring both Irish and American iconography. Figures include two bare-knuckled pugilists, as well as shamrocks, harps, U.S. and Irish flags, and two builidings.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1850 - 1900
- ID Number
- CL.64.0171
- accession number
- 249438
- catalog number
- 64.0171
- Object Name
- belt, boxing
- Physical Description
- leather; textile; steel (overall material)
- embroidery (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 3/4 in x 36 in x 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 91.44 cm x 1.905 cm
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Cultures & Communities
- Family & Social Life
- Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Irish Americans
- name of sport
- Boxing
- web subject
- Sports
- Record ID
- nmah_748880
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-8aca-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
