Photographs (left to right): Sunflower, Canandaigua Lake, New York: Thistles, Rush, New York; Desert Candles, San Rafael, Utah

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Germany NLMB VMB 7250

Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany

Original Size:

Rows 6. Length 105cm, 41.3 inches.

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Description:

Translucent wine red glass bead with seven sets of white checkered stepped glass bead diamonds, three white bars at both ends. Shoulder strap of pouch. Collected by August Wilhelm Du Roi in 1778.

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