Photographs (left to right): Lizard, Everglades, Florida; Black Racer; West Virginia: Unknown Insect, Rush, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

Abenake Chief Belt

Photo Courtesy Fred Wiseman

Original Size:	Est. Length: 14.0 inches. Width: 1.6 inches. Rows: 9. Cordage
Reproduction:	Beaded length: 12.5 inches. Width: 4.5 inches. Length w/ fringe: 28 inches.
Beads:	Rows: 9. Columns: 75. Total beads: 675.
Materials:	Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew.

Description:

The belt is a portrayal of betrothal showing two lodges and two person coming together as one. (Wiseman Collection)

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