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Photographs (left to right): Grinding Platform; Hot Springs; Cholla; all California
Wampum Belt Archive
Douw-Ten Eyck Condolence Belt
Reproduction (shorter version with 9 rows)
Original Size: |
Beaded length: 23 inches by 4.5 inches |
Reproduction: |
Beaded length: 21.0 inches. Width 3.75. Total length with fringe: 29.0 inches |
Beads: |
Rows: 126 by 10 beads wide. Total 1,260. |
Materials: |
Warp: cotton. Weave: cotton. |
Description:
Wampum belt given to the family of Caty Hoffman by the Six Nations in December 1775.
Reproduction made with old beads: Seneca Iroquois National Museum Salamanca NY.
Six Nations, ex NMAI 11/1229 condolence belt given by the Six Nations to Volkert Dow on the death of his daughter in 1775. Repatriated 1993.
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
National Museum of American Indian. |
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