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Photographs (left to right): Red-tailed Hawk, Rush, New York; Medusa Jellyfish, Chattanooga Aquarium, Tennessee; Apple Blossoms, Cornell Univ., New York
Wampum Belt Archive
Mohawk - Algonquian Tomahawk Belt 1670
National Museum of the American Indian 009776.000
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Length: 43.1 inches. Width: 4.2 inches. 15 rows by 333-334 rows = est. 5,000 beads given in NMAI report. |
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Description:
Original deer hide warp with fiber cordage. Circa: 1670 (probably 18th century [Hamell, G. R.; personal communications].Collected by Harriet Converse from Chief Moses Stacy (Caughnawaga). Suggested to be a peace belt between the Caughnawaga and the Iroquois. However, the description in the NMAI reported stated that the belt was smeared with vermillion, still visible by the red staining on the tomahawk image which definitely indicated it was a war belt not a peace belt as claimed by Converse .Wampum woven with cordage on leather. Peace Tomahawk belt for Magistracy (Moses Stacy) Chief of the Caughnawaga (1670). [National Museum]Purchased from Harriet M. Converse, who collected it from Moses Stacy, at Kahnawake, in 1906.
References:
Lainey, Jonathan. 2004. The Indian Currency: La Monazite des Savages. Petition Pub., 296 pp.
National Museum of the American Indian 001855.000
National Museum of the American Indian Catalog. Cat. No. 009776.000. Notation on sheet said to see 'Indian Notes, Vol. 6, No. 2, cp. 131.
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