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)

Drawing: R.D. Hamell 12/28/2022

Original Size:
12 rows.
Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 51.0 inches. Width: 6.0 inches. W/ fringe: 75.0 inches.

Beads:

Columns: 320. Rows: 12. Total Beads: 3,840.

Materials:

Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Black shell belt with white shell hatchet. Unknown history.

References:

Dockstader, Frederick J. 1977. Great North American Indians. Profiles in Life and Leadership. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 1437-7837