Photographs (left to right): Sunset, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Silver Pennies, Rush, New York; Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico

Wampum Belt Archive

LMS

Linden-Museum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

 

Original Size:	9 rows Length: 110.2 cm. 43.4 inches
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 45.2 inches. Width: 4.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 69.2 inches
Beads:	Rows: 9. Columns: 285. Beds: 2,565.
Materials:	Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Black shell beaded belt framed in white with 31 white diamonds. Purchased from Stolper Galleries, Munich, 1975.

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