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Photographs (left to right): Sunflower, Canandaigua Lake, New York: Thistles, Rush, New York; Desert Candles, San Rafael, Utah
Wampum Belt Archive
Byron-Bergen 4th Grade Belt
Oct 8, 2018
Designed: R. D. Hamell
Beaded length: 43.0 inches. Width: 8.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 67.0 inches. |
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Columns: 129. Rows: 16. Total beads: 2,064 |
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| Warp/weft: Acrylic yarn. Beads: Beads: Plastic Pony. |
Description
Four sacred directions. The Fouth Grade students at Byron- Bergen School wampum belt Honoring the Haudenosaunee as an Land Acknowledgement Wampum Belt. The Four Direction symbol incorporated the first letters (B-B) of the school aligned back to back 
. The central purple background is the Great White Pine and a symbol of the Evergrowing Tree – peace and harmony with the peoples and environment. The belt was designed in conjunction the students and was made by R. D. Hamell as a gift to the Byron-Bergen 4th Grades in 2015.
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