Photographs (left to right): Black Racer, Paynes Prairie, Florida; Mohave Desert, Nevada; Monhonk, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Delaware

Speyer Collection EMB Cat. No. IV-B-12836

18th Century?

belt

 

Reconstruction: R. D. Hamell Jan 07, 2023

Original Size:

Length: 124.5 cm. Rows: 7

Reproduction:

Est. Columns: 281. Rows: 7 Ext Beaded Length: 44.5 inches. Width: 3.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 69 inches

Beads:

Columns: 281. Rows: 7. Beads: 1,967.

Materials:

Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

White shell bead belt with three black, outlined shell bead diamonds, connected by black row, a single black bead inside of end diamond, glass beads, 7 rows, L: 124.5 cm, EMB Cat. No. IV-B-12836 (Benndorf und Speyer 1968: 71, Plate 36, no. 98), exchanged with Arthur Speyer, Jr. in 1969, acquired via Earnest Ohley between 1962 and 1967, ex H. G. Beas-ley Coll. (Sturtevant 2001: 171)

Reference:

Benndorf, Helga and Arthur Speyer. 1968. Indianer Nordamerikas 1760-1860. Offenbach am Main: Deutsches Ledermuseum.

Sturtevant, William C. 2001 Documenting the Speyer Collection. In: Christian F. Feest (ed.), Studies in American Indian art: a memorial tribute to Norman Feder. ERNAS Monographes 2. Altenstadt: ERNAS, 162-186.