A leather drive belt for machinery. Belt consists of five belting segments, three of which are scarfed and glued to join. One joint utilizes a commercial device consisting of wire loops or fingers that fit together like a finger joint which are secured by a pin through the loops from either side. Belt itself was held together with rawhide laces.
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Shaker Museum Belt, Power Transmission. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=20176.