Photographs (left to right): All Tioga, Pennsylvania

Wampum Belt Archive

Figure 184

Beauchamp 1901

belt

R.D.Hamell

Original Size:
Shell wampum. Size: not given .
Reproduction:
Beaded Length: 32.0 inches. Width: 3.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 52.0 inches.
Beads:
Columns: 200. Rows: 7. Beads: 1,400.
Materials:
Warps: Deer Leather. Wefts: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Black beaded with 200 columns in 7 rows. Four white shell crosses.

Reference:

Beauchamp, William M. 1901. Wampum and Shell Articles Used By The New York Indians. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 41, Plate 34.