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Photographs (left to right): Mt. Charleston, Nevada; St. Thomas, Pennsylvania; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida
Wampum Belt Archive
Caughnawaga Belt (Newberry)
Drafted image R.D.Hamell Feb. 5 2012
Chiefswood ROM HD 12649
Original Size: |
Rows: 6 . Length: 67 cm (23.4 inches) Estimated columns: 209. |
Reproduction: |
Beaded Length: 33.0 inches. Width: 3.0 inches. Total w/fringe: 57.0 inches |
Beads: |
Columns: 209. Rows: 6. Total: 1,254 beads. |
Materials: |
Warp: deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer. |
Description:
Mohawk. Black shell background and white shell outline of three sets of double diagonals (2 beads wide) and two hexagons - 2 beads wide).
Edges wrapped. Chiefswood Collection, Royal Ontario Museum: ROM HD 12649.
Reference:
Beauchamp, William M. 1901. Wampum and Shell Articles Used By The New York Indians. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 41, Vol. 8.
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