Photographs (left to right): Jellyfish, Chattanooga Aquarium, Tennessee; Winter Leaves, Rush, New York; Blue Morph Butterfly, Chattanooga Aquarium, Tennessee

Wampum Belt Archive

Wampum belt: Mohawk and Algonquian, commemorating peace treaty in 17th century 

HPM 02-06-10 52172 Newberry Photograph Courtesy of the Peabody Museum

 

belt

List as unknown but is strikingly similar to the Newberry belt with some certainty.

 

Reproduction R. D. Hamell (June 8, 2015)

Original Size:
no data
Reproduction:
Beaded length: 44.75 inches long: 5.0 inches wide. W/fringe: 68.75 inches.
Beads:
10 beads wide by 274 rows long: 2,740 beads.
Materials:
Warp: leather. Weft: artificial sinew.

Description:

Wampum belt, Iroquois and Algonquian, commemorating peace treaty in 17th century.

Reference:Peabody Museum; http://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8080/peabody/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/2/title-desc?t:state:flow=e3a2c2b1-f82f-4d50-8541-6349b8b2484c

Wikimedia: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wampum_belt,_Iroquois_and_Algonkian,_commemorating_peace_treaty_in_17th_century_-_Native_American_collection_-_Peabody_Museum,_Harvard_University_-_DSC05418.JPG