Photographs (left to right): Paper Wasp Nest, Rush, New York; Tree Resting on Rock, Adirondacks, New York: Hornets Nest, Rush, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

Art Park Commemoration Belt

Concept Design Richard D. Hamell

June 27, 2020

 

Original Size:	Length: 18.8 inches. Width 7.5 inches. Length/fringe: 42.8 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 115. Rows: 15. Beads 1,495 .
Materials:	Warp: Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:.

Commemoration of the Peace Unity Garden, Art Park, Lewiston, NY August 01, 2020.

The six diagonals are the supports of the Haudensaunee Longhouse. Each represents one the Six Nations (west to east): Seneca (Keepers of the Western Door), Tuscarora, Cayuga, Onondaga (Keepers of the Fire), Oneida and the Mohawk (Keepers of the Eastern Door). The paired human figures(solid-Indigenous; open body-non-indigenous) stand in unity around the sacred garden which holds the symbols of the Sky World, the Four Sacred Directions and Turtle Island in the center.

Designed by Rich Hamell and Michele-Elise Barrett.

Reference:

R.D.Hamell. 2020.