Photographs (left to right): Lizard, Florida, Brittlebush, Mohave, Nevada; Valley of Fire, Nevada

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Mackinac Belt 1966 AMNH

Chippewa/Ottawa Belt AMNH 50.2 2966

Original Size:

Length: 5.5 inches. Width: 3.7 inches. cColumns: 43. Rows: 14.

Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 6.8 inches. Width: 7.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 14.8.

Beads:

Columns: 43. Rows: 14. Beads: 602.

Materials:

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

 

Description:

AMHN: Wampum belt, Tiffany Morgan Collection. Collected by G. F. King and exhibited at the World's Fair in Paris. Given to the museum (1928) by J. P. Morgan. Locale: MI, Emmet County? Mackinaw City? Region: Eastern Canada. Shell, thread and Hide. Gift of J. P. Morgan in 1928. Transferred from the Mineralogy Dept. Tiffany. Collected by G. F. Kunz.

Reference:

American Museum of Natural History.