Photographs (left to right): All Niobara County, Wyoming

Wampum Belt Archive

Blue Glass Belt MQB 71 1878 32 163

Musee du quai Branly, Paris, France

Original Size:

Rows: 3. Length: 55 cm. 21.6 inches

Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 22.0 inches. Width: 1.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 42.0 inches.

Beads:

Columns: 132. Rows: 3. Beads: 924.

Materials:

Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Translucent blue glass bead band with white shell bead edging. Neck strap of knife sheath. Exchange Museum of Man 1878.

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