Photographs (left to right): Mendon Ponds Park, Mendon, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Akwesasne Rafter Belt

Courtesy Six Nations Polytechic Institute

Conversation in Cultural Fluency Lecture Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DrKu736Kj4

 

Original Size:	Rows: 6. Width: 2.25 inches.
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 75.5 inches. Width: 3.0 inches. W/ Fringe: 95.5 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 475. Rows: 6 Total beads: 2,850.
Materials:	Warp: Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Onondaga reported in 1898 this belt was made when Akwesasne was accepted for membership in the League in 1888.

Reference:

Six Nations Polytechic Institute