Leather drive belt for machinery. Ends are punched with cut rawhide laces still intact. Belt consists of five segments, four of which are scarfed and riveted together. The juncture between the 2 7/8" and 2 3/4" portions is held by a commercial stamped finger-joint sort of device where the fingers are interlocked and held by a pin.
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Shaker Museum Belt, Power Transmission. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=20169. Accessed on September 28, 2024
