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Wampum Belt Archive
Drawing R.D.Hamell 05-01-2020
AMNH 50.1.1430
American Museum of Natural History, New York
Original Size: |
6 Rows. Length: unknown |
Reproduction: |
Length: 34 inches. Width: 3 inches. Length w/fringe 54 inches. |
Beads: |
Rows: 6. Columns: 179. Total beads: 1,074. |
Materials: |
Warp: Leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. |
Description:
Gift of Erastus T. Tefft 1910. Collected among the Penobscot.
References:
Speck, 1964. The function of wampum among the eastern Algonkian [1919]. New York: Kraus and Reprint Corporation. p. 23, Fig. 1.
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
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