Photographs (left to right): All Niobara County, Wyoming

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Black Wampum Belt

Jay Treaty?

Original Size:
9 rows Length: ?
Reproduction:
 
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Description:

Black shell bead belt with single white row and several short white rows at both ends. Unknown history. Design same as the Jay Treaty Belt and might be this belt.

 

jay treaty

Jay Treaty Belt ca. 1793

Reproduction: Richard D. Hamell Feb. 14 2012

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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