Photographs (left to right): Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; Maplewood Park, Rochester, New York; Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Watson Farm

Rhode Island 1917-591

Original Size:	Rows 6. Length: ?
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Description:

Black shell belt with white interlinked double outline shell/glass bead zigzag lines interspaced with white shell bead cross. Strung on yarn warps, unknown history.

Reference:

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads: The history of wampum as a value and knowledge bearer, from its very first beginnings until today. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 1437-7837