Photographs (left to right): Alligator, Bracket Fungus, Alligator, Florida

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Huron ?

NMAI 03 5751

 

Original Size:	Rows: 5. Length: 32.5cm. 12.8 inches.
Reproduction:
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Description:

White shell bead belt with two black outlined shell bead squares with filled center connected by two black rows. Unknown History.

Purchased by George G. Heye in 1914

Reference:

Beauchamp 1901

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