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Wampum Belt Archive

Iroquois 1755-1760

Reproduction by Dave Hasler

MPM 30127

Original Size:	Rows: 5.
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 22.0 inches. Width: 2.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 38.0 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 138. Rows: 5. Beads: 966.
Materials:	Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer

Description:

This belt was posted on the Fort Johnson website. Not data given. This belt (MPM 30127), a reproduction made by Dave Hasler, is in the Milwaukee Public Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is considered a Haudenosaunee wampum belt from 1755-1760. The original belt is at Johnson's first home (Fort Johnson) on the Mohawk River. The belt’s meaning has been lost to time (Hasler, 2017). According to Stolle the belt has 7 rows. Apparently Hasler omitted the edge rows of black beads and the belt is incomplete with the edges wrapped. Owned by Chief Austin E. Quinney, a Mahican, collected in 1849.

Reference:

Hasler, Dave 2016. http://www.woodlandwampum.com/historicbelts.html

Johnson Hall State Historic Site. Johnsontown, New York. https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/johnsonhall/details.aspx

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany.