Photographs (left to right): Sumac, Rush, New York; Ibis with Crab, Florida; Taughannock Falls State Park, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Great Britain – Iroquois Alliance Belt

Original (Univ. Penn. Museum NC35-12972)

UPMAA NA9143Photography Courtesy - University of Pennsylvania

 

UPMAA NA9143

Reproduction R.D. Hamell Aug 06 2002

 

 

Original Size:	No size given
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 32.0 inches. Width: 4.0 inches. Total length with fringe: 56.0 inches.
Beads:	Rows: 188 by 8 beads wide. Total 1,504 beads.
Materials:	Warp: leather. Weave: artificial sinew.

Description:

This belt represents a treaty between the British government and the Iroquois Confederacy. The purple squares signify the individual nations connected by a pathway of friendships. The length of the reproduction belt was based on the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology. Original image NC35-12972.

Reference:

Farabee, William C.  1920. A Newly Acquired Wampum Belt. The Museum Journal vol. 11, No. 1.
Tehanetorens. 1999. Wampum Belts of the Iroquois. Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN.