Photographs (left to right): California Desert

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Eastern Woodland

Vatican 107526

ca. 1800-1820

Photo courtesy Tanya Talaga (Anishinaabe kwe)

Anima Mundi, part of the Vatican Museum with Indigenous “artifacts” kept in the Church’s private collection.

 

Original Size:	Length: 13.5 inches. Width: 1.2 inches. 4 rows Shell beads, thread, ribbon.
Reproduction:	Beaded Leangth: 12.0 inches. Width: 2.0 inches:Length w?fringe: 28 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 77. Rows: 4. Beads: 308.
Materials:	Warps: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Eastern Woodlands - Circa: 1800-1820

 

Reference:

Talaga, Tanya. 2022. https://twitter.com/TanyaTalaga/status/1508793301557784584