Photographs (left to right): Joshua Tree, Ridgecrest, California; Milkweed seed, Mendon Ponds Park, New York;

St Regis River, Paul Smith College, Adirondacks, New York

 

Provenance Wampum Belt Archive

 

The following wampum belts are works in-progress. Hopefully, in time, detailed information on these objects and references can be provided and proper acknowledgement noted. The use of these photographs, drawings, and illustrations are for research purposes only. Wampum objects labeled as unknown is only a designation that the author has yet to determine their origin. In some case the Provenance may have been lost to history and will be stated so on the individual web page. Any information visitors to this site can offer will be greatly appreciated and can be emailed to the Wampum Bear.

Copyright laws may apply. Belts which have no Native providence the country or state are listed.

 

Purple BeadsPurple and/or white wampum beads Pony beadPony beaded belts
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Purple BeadsGlass beaded belts Metal Shell BeadsBelt constructed with both shell and metal beads.

 

 

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Belts may have other affiliations. Check the individual webpages.

but

Council Fire

20th century?

but

ca. 1890

Button

Abenaki Jesuit Belt

1699

 

but

Date ?

 

belt

Chief Wiseman Wedding

Date?

but

Sun Belt

2016

button

Dyed Shell

2023

button

Haudenosanunee

belt

belt

Belt

Belt

prior 1846

(Gift of the Abenaki to the Mother of God)

Belt

B˙JOSEPHO˙MARIÆ˙SPONSO˙HUR˙(The Huron to the Blessed Joseph Husband of Mary)

Belt'

B˙ANNAE˙MATRIM˙V˙VOTUM˙HUR (Vow of the Huron to the Blessed Anne Mother of the Virgin)

Button

Button

b

b

Belt

V˙MATRI˙ILIN˙D˙D˙ (Gift of the Illinois to the Virgin Mary)

 

 

 

 

 

b      
       

but

Mohawk

17th century

b

Promise Belt

ca 1600

but

Boundary Belt

1535-1607

b

Haudenosaunee

pre mid 19th century

       

but

Arlyna Belt

Recent?

button

Haudenosaunee?

1600 - 1900

 

Provenance?

Date ?

 

 

belt

belt

belt  

button

1780-1800

button

pre-1883

a

Treaty Oakville

1820

(image modern belt)

BELT

Haudenosaunee

Dish with One Spoon

1701

belt

belt

BELT

bUTTON

a

7 Fires

1775

belt

19th Century?

belt

pre 1795

button

Josephine Mandamin (Anishinaabekwe), The “Water Walker” Belt

2017

BELT

belt

button

be;t

Date?

belt

Choker

pre 1838

1820

1764

belt

Garters

Benjamin West (1736-1820)

button

1820

button

Yellowhead Belt

 

belt

belt

 

1997

   

   

Wyandot-Wendat

1794

belt

Jan 18-23 1813

belt

Jan 18-23 1813

button

Gaiwi:yoh Wampum Belt

early 1800's?

pict pict belt

1812-13

 

 

   

 

 

 

belt

5 Houses

2008

belt

Healer

2009

   
pict pict    

belt

4th Grade Classes

October 8 2018

     
pict      

belt

pre 1867

 

button

Date?

 
belt  

belt

 
 

belt

Date?

belt

1780-1800

belt

Date?

  be;t

1630's

Earth Waters

2015

bUTTON

Date?

 

human

 

Belt that Wouldn't Burn

ca. 2005

button

Keepers of the Fire

Date?

Date?

BUTTON

White Belt with Dividers

Date?

belt

belt

BUTTON

Date?

Keepers of the Fire

Date?

button

Date: Modern?

bUTTON

Wedding Belt

2020

belt

button

abelt

button

Friendship 2022

 

   

button

 

   

button

Modern

button

Williamsburg Friendship

1755 (2004)

BUTTON

Date?

Cherokee Holston Treaty

Ottawa Belt

Black Fox and Path Killer Belt

1791

belt

belt

button

Cherokee

Cleansing the War Belt

1818

Ojibwe

1807

Detroit Belt

1760

1797/1798

Chippewa

Ottawa Belt

Date?

     
chippewa      

Muscogee

pre 1887

Treaty Fort Jackson

1814

   
   

delaware

18th Century

delaware

Kansas

2001

button

18th Century?

button

ca. 1992

Dalaware delaware

belt

belt

French Speech Belt

1753

William Penn to Shackamaxon

1673/1682

Treaty of Shackamaxon Belt

1673

Lenape

1760-1780

date: 17th century?

button

WM Penn

1662

button

WM Penn

1673

button

Teedyuscung

1756

belt

belt

belt

button

Munsee- Haudenosaunee

18th Century

 

pre 1850

Wm Penn

early 17th Century

 

Date?

button

Munsee- Haudenosaunee

18th Century

   

belt    

belt

Eastern Woodland

18th Century?

belt

Eastern Woodland

Date?

belt

Eastern Woodland

Date?

 

button

button button  

Huron - Wendat

18th or 19th Century

Huron - Wendat

18th or 19th Century

18th or 19th Century

Huron - Wendat

18th or 19th Century

Woodland

Vatican

ca. 1800-1820

   

 

belt
 

 

button

Date?

 

 

 
belt

 

Dutch/English Treaties

1664/1665

button

button

Mi'kmaq

1779?

button

Fort Erie 1799

belt belt

belt

belts

Shawnee

1786

belts

Shawnee

1786

button

Haudenosaunee

Hypothetical belt 1756

belt

Haudenosaunee & Ohio Nations

1789

belt belt

belt

butoon

button

Treaty of Greenville

Haudenosaunee & Ohio Nations

1794/95

belt

Haudenosaunee

1755-1760

belt

Six Nations

Hypothetical Reconstruction Based on Descritpion

1785

belt

Ohio Territory Nations

1750's

belt

belt

belt

belt

Six Nations/others

1764

Wabbicomicot

1764

Chippewa/Johnson

1764

belt

Six Nations/Others

1759

belt

 

belt

belt

Haudenosaunee

1784

button

Haudenosaunee

mid 1700's

button  

belt

belt

belt  

1853

Provenance?

pre-1792

button

Abenaki?

ca. 1760

button

pre 1851

belt

belt

belt

 

1853

belt

Provenance?

Date?

belt

Provenance?

Date?

belt

Provenance?

pre 1851

belt

belt

belt

belt

belt

Provenance?

pre 1878

     

belt

     

Pontiac Black Belt 1750's

18th Century?

   

   

Date?

Date?

   

   

Button

Date?

button

Prior 1779

button

pre 1778

pre 1886

Bekt

belt

belt

Date: prior 1908

     

     

Shawnee, Delawares, Mingoians,

Six Nations

1758

Gov. Denny Belt

Six Nations-England Friendship

1756

1808

 

 

1797

butt

1754

belt

1701

 

belt

 

DePeyster Treaty 1775

1775

Beaded Sash

Date?

belt

Fort Niagara

1764

belt

button

Miami, Chippewa, Wyandot etc

1795

belt

Fort Harmar

1794

belt

Hypothetical Reconstruction of Tarhe Belt

1814

belt

Hypothetical Reconstruction of

Little Turtle Belt

1814

Belt

half belt

belt

belt

 

belt

1789

   
  half belt    
       
Solids      

button

Emigration Belt

pre 1710

belt

Formation of the Confederacy

belt

Date: formation of the Confederacy

17th Century?

belt

Date?

belt

belt

belt

belt

button

Date?

af

Ohsweken

Date?

 

belt

Cornplanter's Belt

1796?

belt

ca. 1760

belt

belt

belt

button

Belt

Date?

button

Algonquin

17th Century

button

Jacobs Beaded Bag

 
Belt

belt

belt  

 

butt

button

Divided Belt

ca. 1775

button

Date?

BUTTON

Wendat

ca.1656

fort

belt

belt

BELT

butt

Nanfan Belt

April 2020

butt

18th Century

button

Chiefswood ( Mohawk)

Date?

 

butt

Turtle Island Garden Unity Belt

2020

Children Light

belt

fort

 

button

Wm. Claus

1800

af

Six Nations Wampum Belt

Ohsweken

button

MCM M1911

Date?

Button

Mohawk Hospitality Belt

Date?

belt

belt

belt

belt

af

Date?

af

Date?

af

Ohsweken

Date?

butt

Fort Stanwix Treaty

1784

belt

belt

belt

BELT

button

First White Sighting

16th Century?

button

Date?

BUTTON
Date?

Button

ca. Onondaga

Date?

belt

belt

BELT

Belt

BUTTON

Date?

button

Buffalo Hist. Soc.

button

Date?

 

 

button

Date?

Tooker 62

Belt

Belt

belt

belt

butt

Four Fench Forts

17th Century

button

Onondaga

Wm Claus 1800

Letters

   
belt

belt

   

butt

Newtown Treaty

1761

button

Date?

button

6

Date?

button

ca. 1832

belt

belt

belt

belt

Button

18th Century

button

Date?

   

Belt

belt

belt    

button

NCM 1965 Canada

Date?

     
belt      

Button

Date?

button

Harvard Univ.

8

Date?

   

Belt

Belt

   

button

10

Date?

button

Date?

   

belt

belt

   

button

Code Takers

2019

Button

Date?

   

belt

Belt

   
       

Button

Chief Johnson - Rev. Pitkin

1864-1866

     

Belt

     
       
       
       

button

pre-1656

button

Date?

 

BUTTON

18th Century

belt

belt

 

BELT

   

 

 

 

 
   

TOP

 

button

Date?

button

Douw-Ten Eyck Condolence Belt

1775

BUTTON

Date?

Diamonds

button

Warnock Collection

Date?

belt belt

BELT

belt

button

Five Nations War Belt

Date?

button

Five Nations War Belt

Date?

   

belt

belt

   
 

button

Sir Johnson's Dish Belt

1750's

button

1768

af

5 Nations Treaty

1701

 

belt

 

Belt

Button

Six Nations

ca. 1720

 

butt

Six Nations Language Belt

2020

 

button

Clan Unity

Date?

button

Date?

find better image

belt

fort

belt

belt

bUTTON

Council Summons

Date?

button

7

1812?

Button

Three Sister

Fred Truefall

Button

Three Sisters

belt

belt

belt belt

button

Haudenosaunee -
French Peace Belt

1700's

button

Tadodaho Belt

Date?

Button

Date?

button

Five Sisters Belt

belt

belt

Belt

fort
Horizontal      

af

Jay Treaty

1795

     

belt

     

Button

Horizontal

Date?

Button

Date?

Button

Two Row Six Nations Belt

Date?

 

 

belt

belt

belt

 

 

Button

Two Row Onondaga Belt

Date?

Button

 

Button

Two Row Brantfor Belt

Date?

 

belt

belt

 

 

     

     
       
       
       
Animals      

button

Dark Doorway

Date?

     

belt

     
       
       
Squares      

button

Ojibway

Date?

af

Council Fires of the Six Nations

Joseph Brant

1812

af

Seven Sisters

 

 

belt

belt

belt

af

Ohsweken Belt

Date?

button

England Treaty

1823

BUTTON

Great Spirit Vision

1762

BUTTON

Johnson Covenant Chain 1773

belt

belt

BELT

BELT

belt

 

Prior 1779

 

   

but

   
Square      
       
 

Hiawatha Belt

16th Century

Dust/Wing Fan

Date?

 
 

Belt

 
       
       

button

Abenaki

17th-18th Century

button

Date?

button

Champlain Belt

1609

button

Date?

belt

belt

belt

belt

Hexagon

butt

Old Fort

Date 1700's

af

Johnson's Dish Belt

1750's

Button

Invitation Belt

pre 1710?

Button

18th century

fort

belt

belt

belt

       
       

button

British Covenant Chain

1760's

button

Octogons

af

Delaware

18th Century

 

belt

belt

belt

 
       
       

button

pre 1700's?

 

button

Beaver Trade

pre 1681?

 

belt

 

belt

 

BUTTON

French Mission

17th Century

button

AC Condolence

 

button

Date?

 

BELT

fort

belt

 

af

Kanickhungo Treaty

1736

button

Levi General

Date?

af

King Hendrick

ca 1710

button

Warnock Collection

Date?

belt

belt

belt

belt

 

Button

Great Bear

2020

Button

Morgan Belt

 
  be belt  
       
       

button

Cabins of the Confederacy

1797-1798

button

Sun Belt Hypothetical Belt

1756

Button

Seneca

Ganondagan 1687 (2017)

button

Six Nations

Date?

belt belt

belt

belt

button

French and Indian War

1763

af

Six Nations Wampum Belt

Date?

af

Women's Nomination Belt

Date?

button

'Money" Belt

18th-19th Century

belt

belt

 

belt

 

belt

button

house

Confederacy Formation

Date?

 

af

24 Nations Treaty

1764

button

Wm Johnson

1758

button

Mohawk

Date?

belt

belt

belt

belt

Button

Art Park 2020

Human

belt

Canandaigua Treaty

1794

button

Seneca

Ganondagan 1687 (2019)

 
belt

belt

belt

 

button

early 19th Century?

Triangle

button

Date?

button

Date?

button

Antlers of the Chiefs

Date?

belt

belt

belt

antl

button

Algonquian

Date?

     

belt

     
       
       
       
       
       
       
   

Dish with One Spoon

1701

 
   

 
       
       
       
       
     

Button

All Water Is Sacred

2017

     

belt

       
       
       
       
   

17th Century

 

 

   

       
       

Algonquin

Garter

18th Century

button

Algonquin - Haudenosaunee

1750-1840

button

Algonquin

Garter

18th Century

button

Algonquin

Garter

18th Century

       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

button

LaPortherie

1772

belt

ca. 1760

button

indiscernable pattern

data?

button ?

Date?

belt

button

belt

belt

button

Date?

Greek

button

Date?

button

Pledge of the Crown

War 1812

 
belt

belt

button

 

butt

All First Nations

Murdered/Missinng Indigenous Women

2021

button

Seneca

18th century?

   
belt

belt

   
   

Flag

 

Flag

2008

 

butt

Flag

2008

    fort

fort

belt

1674

belt

Date?

belt

Date?

belt

1695

belt

belt

belt

belt

b

 

Wendat Cuffs

 

b

Wendat Ciffs

Date?

button

1678

b

Date?

cuff

cuff

belt
b
       
       
       
       

Hudson Bay

Date?

Double Calamut Belt

mid 17th Century

Date?

Date?

belt

Date?

Hudson Bay

1850's

Date?

 

Date?

Huron

Lt. John Caldwell

ca. 1770

Date?

 

Haudenosaunee

18th Century

belt

 

 

Wyandot Condolence

ca. 1766

Date?

Blame the Ottawa

1764

 

 

Georgian Bay

Date?

Date?

Sicoe Belt

1791-94

 

 

Date: 18th century?

Date?

Date?

1701

 

Marc Sioui

2008

Huron Alliance Belt

1650's?

 

 

18th Century

 

Date?

Jesuit Mission

1683

belt

 

diagonal

Date?

Date?

Date?

Date?

Wyandot-Haudenosaunee

Date?

Date?

Jesuit

1638?

Wyandot-Haudenosaunee

1775

Wyandot-Haudenosaunee

1612

Wyandot-Haudenosaunee

Date?

Wendat-Haudenosaunee

Date?

Wendat

Date?

Wendat

1600-1650

button

1789

button

Haudenosaunee

17th Century

 

belt

 

 

pre 1880

pre 1880

   

 
button      
belt      

ca. 17th Century

Eastern Canada

   

   

Date?

1600-1800

Wampanoag

button

Date?

 

belt
 

1764

button

button

NC/VA 2021

button

2021

button belt button

1775-1889

 

button

1740-1750

 

   

belt

   

Date?

Vatican Belt

1611

Vatican Belt

2010

Date?

Fort Chambly

Date 1779?

 

 

 

 

     

Hawkeye Strap

Chingachgook Choke Collar

21st Century

     

 

     

pre 1888

Eastern Door

Date?

Kahnehsatake Wampum Belt

ca. 1700-1750

Kahnawake-Caughnawaga

Date?

Belt with 5 diamonds

Date?

Date?

Date?

Date?

Peace Belt

Date?

Date?

Seven Turtles

Date?

Two Dog Belt

1775-1780

Two Row

Date?

Eastern Door

Date?

Date?

 

Date?

 

Otter Belt

pre-1800

 

Date 1870?

Date?

 

Language Belt

2013

button

18th or 19th Century

 

Condolence Belt

Date?

2016

belt

 

buffon

Joseph Brant

1823

button

Joseph Brant

Early 19th century

burron

Ft. Chambly

1749

Kanesatake Condolence Council Belt

Date?

belt

belt

belt

button

Caughnawaga Belt

ca. 1769

Huron

1677

 

 

Diabetes Belt

1997

belt

 

St. Regis Treaty

1796

Mohawk Button

Oka Belt

button

ca. 1670's

button

1700-1799

belt

belt

Montreal Treaty 1701

butt

Solar Eclipse

April 08, 2024

butt  

belt belt  

Delaware - Munsee

17th Century

     

     

bujtton

1680

     

Nan

     

button

Fort St. Jean Baptiste

2019

     
     

17th Century

 

 

b

Date?

 

 

b

 

 

b

Date?

b

Date?

18th Century

 

b

belt

Belt

 

 

     
       
       

Tecumseh War Belt?

1813

     
     

Date?

 

Date?

Date?

Date?

 

 

Date?

33rd NYS Vol.

2009

 

 

 
       

button

Date

button

1714-1720

button

1714-1720

 
belt belt  
       
       

Date?

Date?

Date?

button

Date?

butt

 

1775

Ottawa?

butt

1786

Date?

 
belt belt  
       

 

     

belt

Fort Niagara

1764

Chief Shingauk

pre-1834

button

ca. 1720

How the Beaver got its tail

2020

butt

belt

Belt

pre-1700

Georgian Bay?

Date: post-1720?

 

Date?

Date?

 

 

 

   

 

   

Date?

Date?

Button

Date?

 

Date?

belt

Tuscarora

Alliance Belt

1714

Onondaga Bar

Treaty/Agreement with NYS

1788

 

 
Onondaga 1788
   

Hypothetical Reproductions

2015

Peskotomuhkati Nation

2016

 

   
belt
   

 

 

     
 

 

 

   

button

Date?

Date?

Figure 238

Passam

Date?

Figure 234

button

Date?

Figure 187

belt

Date?

Figure 231

Date?

Figure 230

Date?

Firg 229

Date?

Date?

Date?

Date?

Figure 265

 

 

Date: pre 1792

Plate 24 Fig 294

Date?

Plate 21 Figure 263

Date?

 

 

Date?

Figure 264

Date?

Plate 24 Fig 294

   

   

belt

Date?

buton

Date?

Marriage Belts

Date?

Date?

button

belt

Date?

19th Century

ca. 1915

Garter

Date?

Date?

Marriage

Date?

Marriage

ca. 19th century ?

Onondaga

Date?

Date?

Date?

NMAI

Date?

Date?

belt

Date?

Date?

 

 

Penobscot

 

belt

1670-1720

     

     

 

button

Pontaic War Belt

ca. 1770's

 

button

War Belt

ca. 1770's

   
butt butt    

Pontiac War

US Rev. War 1783

 

 

 

 

Penobscot?

Date?

 

button

Date?

Glass/Shell

Date?

belt

Date?

Date?

Date?

pouch

Date?

pouch

button

Black Hawk

1832

button

Black Hawk

ca. 1814?

button

Black Hawk to Black Snake

19th century?

belt

1850'S

belt

belt

belt

button

Date?

     
     

1835

   
   

 

Lewis Morgan Belt

1850

 

 

Date?

Great Bear

2020

Date?

Date?

Date?

1910?

Date?

Antlers of the Chiefs

Date?

Date?

Suspect Fake

1615-1635

 

Date?

 

Cornplanter's Belt

 

Tonawanda Seneca

1921

 

button

Date?

Buffalo Creek Treaty?

 

button

Great Peace 1775

Fort Pitt

2021

belt

button
belt

Corn Planter's Belt

ca. 1796

Ely Parker Belt

(Donehogawah Belt)

ca. 1796

 

 

Ransom Belt

Date?

Red Jacket

19th Century

Red Painted War belt

18th Century

Remembrance Belt

18th Century

Remembrance Belt

Late 19th Century?

Date?

pre 1851

1710-1730

Date?

French and Indian War

Governor Denny Belt

1756

suspected fake

17th century

 

Date?

1710-1730

1710-1730

1710-1730

1710-1730

1710-1730

1710-1730

Condolence

ca. 17th Century

Chief Turtle's Belt

Date?

button

WM Johnson Ft Niagara Siege Belt

1764

button

Commemoration Belt

Ganondagan

2013

button

200th Year

Erie Canal

1825-2025

button

Commeneration Belt

Ganondagan

2014

 

Belt

1655

1655

belt

Seven Turtles Belt

18th or 19th Century

butt

 

Delaware?

1757

button

Wampum Collar

Late 17th Century

belt
belt
belt

Governor Simcoe

18th Century

Date?

1812

King's Great Broad Axe

1812


Pontiac

1766

Great Peace Belt

1811?

Shawnee

Fort Finney

1786

 

Shawnee

Fort McIntosh

1786

 

 

 

bUTTON

Shawnee

Dragging Canoe

1776

   

belt

 
       

stockbridge

Munsee 1838

mid 19th Century

2020 ca

 

Stockbridge

 

 

 

 

Date?

1875

Date?

 

 

Fort Nooherooka Belt

2013

Taken-In/Alliance Belt

1714

1713

Tuscarora Returns

1714

button

Tuscarora Elementary School

2023

 

 

Date?

Date?

ca. 1760

belt

unknown

Date?

 

Date?

Modern?

Belt
 

button

NMAI

Date 1920s

Date?

garter?

Glenn Sanders Belt

Date?

pre 1779

belt

button

 

 

 

 

Hasler

belt

NMAI

pre 1884

NMAI

NMAI

Date?

NMAI

Date?

  • button

NMAI 2802

Date?

button

NMAI

Date?

NMAI

Date?

NMAI

pre 1827

belt

belt

button

WENDAKE

Marc Sioui

   
belt

Belt

   

Caughnawaga Four Tribe Alliance Belt

Date?

Maliseet

Date?

Date?

Mourning Belt

Date?

Wabanaki Confederacy

1680

War Belt

Date?

button

Peskotomukati

2016

 

belt
 

17th Century Design

button

Friendship Belt

2015

Date?

Date?

belt

belt

Metacom's Wampum Belt

late 17th Century

Button

"IOHN TYZACKE, 1609

King Phillip in 1676. The date on the belt possibly refers to the year of his birth."

Button

Aquinnah Belt

2021

Wamp butt

date?

belt

button

1745

button

Huron

1600-1650

button

Alliance Delaware/Shawnee and others

 

belt

belt
 

button

Treaty 1842

 

button

Wyanotte-Wyandot

Commeneration

2018

button

 

button

Methodist Cemetery Return

2019

map

belt

belt

belt

button

Removal 1818

button

Methodist Church Return

2019

button

Removal 1843

 
belt belt
belt
 

Date?

Wendat - Haudenosaunee

1612

Four Nations Alliance

1710-1720

button

Date?

belt

belt

belt

belt

       
   

 

 

 

   

Belle Island

1769

1842

Huron Alliance

early 17th Century

Two Row/Road

1748

Date?

Tarhe 1814

 

 

early 17th Century

Peliades      
       

button

Beaver Got Its Tail

 

button

Cherokee Wedding

January 2 0 2020

button

The Bear Hunters

button

Senece Wedding

J

belt
belt
belt
belt

button

Webster

March 10 2019

button

Cherokee Wedding

January 2 0 2020

button

AC

Friend Condolence

Nov. 11 2021

 
belt belt belt  
       

G&C

July 21, 2003

J&R

July 28 2005

HBJ

March 12, 2018

July 27, 2011

August 10 2016

July 17 2013

June 23 2014

button

October 8 2018

belt

healing

Treaties

Supreme Land

January 24 2024

 

healing

Febraary 21 2021

healing

December 12 2016

healing
belt
belt
belt

belt

 

healing

2022

healing

September 01 2022

Territory Acknowledgement

button

Three Sister

2015

 
belt
belt
belt  
 
   
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