[Belt Buckle] Cougar Tools Division O.P.I. Ltd., Silver Red Black

Object/Artifact

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Canadian Energy Museum

Front view, straight-on

Front view, straight-on

Name/Title

[Belt Buckle] Cougar Tools Division O.P.I. Ltd., Silver Red Black

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.329

Tags

Cougar, World, Earth, Brown, Yellow, Silver, Red

Description

Oval/rectangle metal belt buckle, branded to Cougar Tool Division O.P.I. LTD. Features: Oval-rectangle shape, cast brass belt buckle, finished in antique-silver, red/brown & yellow. The buckle is lightly curved. Front Design: An oval-rectangle shaped belt buckle, with a double lined border with a doted designed in-between the two border edges. The Two thin lines of the border are 1mm and the dots are 2mm. The interior is a flat surface, finished in a silver colour. Centred in the buckle is a slightly recessed design. Filled in a brownish-red enamel is an elongated image of the earth with a cougar laying on top. Centred in the imagery of the world is yellow enamel filled cursive text "Cougar". Below that is smaller brownish-red fulled text "TOOL DIVISION O.P.I. LTD". Back Elements: The back is solid flat with a thinly curved hook and an elongated hexagon with two indented corners attached at two points. Across the centre of the buckle are 4 small slightly raised circles. In the centre at the top is the slightly raised text "681", along the bottom centre of the buckle is a small slightly raised circle with text "IN" inside the circle. Old Description (Kelsey Dalrymple, 3 June 2020): Cougar Tool Division O.P.I. Ltd. Steel rectangular belt buckle with cougar resting on a globe on face. Text is yellow.

Collection

Orphan Objects Collection

Cataloged By

Ashley Ranson

Category

Accessories

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Acquisition Method

Found

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Buckle, Belt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Buckle, Clothing

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Clothing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Height

57.5 mm

Width

86 mm

Depth

14 mm

Dimension Notes

Excluding the back elements, the buckle is 3mm.

Material

Metal

Color

Silver, Brown, Red, Yellow

Condition

Reason for Exam

Accession

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Aug 25, 2023

Examined By

Ashley Ranson

Surface

Front: Front of the buckle is in good condition, the face has small scratches overall. Back: The back some white residue centre-left of the buckle, and on the tip of the hook. The hinge is faded and dull. Overall the back has small scratches and scuffs.

Mechanism

Hinge moves freely and has full range of motion.

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

August 23, 2023

Updated By

ashleymcollins1234@gmail.com

Update Date

August 25, 2023