Photographs (left to right): Purple Gallinule, Alligator, Spanish Moss; Florida

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Fort Johnson Belt

Iroquois 1755-1760

Reproduction by Dave Hasler

MPM 30127

Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

Original Size:	7 rows. 28.6 cm
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 24 inches. Width: 2.5 inches. Rows: 5.
Beads:
Materials:

Description:

(Hasler's description): This belt is a copy from an original located at Fort Johnson on the Mohawk River, Sir William Johnson's first home which served as the site of many councils during the French and Indian War. The meaning of this particular belt is now lost but usually purple beads had a meaning of war or mourning. I took a photo while at Fort Johnson this summer and then replicated the belt in the same manner and exact number of beads

Stolle, Nickolaus described the belt having 7 rows. Apparently Hasler omitted the edge rows of black beads. Belt incomplete, edges wrapped. Owned by Chief Austin E. Quinney, a Mahican, collected in 1849.

Reference:

Dave Hasler: http://www.woodlandwampum.com/historicbelts.html