Photographs (left to right): Sunset, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Silver Pennies, Rush, New York; Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico

Wampum Belt Archive

Cherokee

 

Keeper of the Flame of Cherokee (Keetoowah)

 

Original Size:
12 rows and tapers to 11. Length ?
Reproduction:
 
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Description:

Black shell belt with white shell hatchet. Unknown history.

Reference:

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads: The history of wampum as a value and knowledge bearer, from its very first beginnings until today. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 1437-7837