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Wampum Belt Archive
NBM 5097
Hamell October 19, 2024
Original Size: |
Rows: 11. Length: 41 cm ( 16.1 inches) |
Reproduction: |
Beaded length: 19.7 inches. Width: 5.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 40.0 inches. |
Beads: |
Columns: 249. Rows: 11. Total beads: 1,364. |
Materials: |
Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer. |
Description:
(Stolle, 2016) Black shell bead band with two white, diagonal, double shell bead lines and white edges, 11 rows, L: 41 cm, including glass beads, grey parts missing, NBM Cat. No. #5097, collected among the Maliseet, probably from Susan Perley before 1898 (see: Speck 1964: 26; Pelletier (ed.) 1977: 38)
Stolle's drawing indicated the outer rows are slanted to the right. There is no description if the center 9 rows are also offset. In Hamell's recontruction the columns are vertical.
Reference:
Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany.
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