Photographs (left to right): California

Wampum Belt Archive

Mohawk

McCord Cat. # M1908

blt

 

Original Size:

Length: 21.9 inches. Width: 2.4 inches.

Reproduction:
Beaded Length: 22.0 inches. Width: 4.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 44.0 inches.
Beads:
Columns: 139. Rows: 8. Beads: 1,112.
Materials:
Warp: Deer Leather. Weave: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Eastern Woodlands - Iroquois: Mohawk. 18th or 19th Century. Hide, fiber. Cat. # M1908.

Note the three white bead offset on the left end of the belt and the mirrored purple beads in the horizontal white row.

Reference:

McCord Museum of Canadian History
690 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec  H3A 1E9 Phone: (514) 398-7100
Fax: (514) 398-5045
E-mail: info@mccord.mcgill.ca http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/info/access/