Subject: gaucho cowboy
Culture: Argentine
Setting: South American pampas 19thc
Object: tirador belt
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* Museum of the Americas
"GAUCHO BELT WITH RASTRA
New, tanned pigskin belt folded over with three pouches inside for money; machine sewn; metal belt coupling.
Argentine Gaucho" ... "This gaucho belt has coin pockets stitched inside the belt with a flap folding over the pockets. Belts such as this were adaptations of earlier money belts called guayaco (Sp.) or guaiaca (Port.) ...."
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