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

Wampum Belt Archive

 

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Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

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Glass Bead Reproduction - Hamell

April 15, 2019

Great Lakes Glass Belt 1775

Original Size:

Glass Beaded Wampum Belt

Reproduction:

Columns: 359. Rows: 9. Beaded Length: 57 inches. Width: 4.5 inches. Total w/fringe: 81.0 inches

Beads:

Total Beads: 3,231.

Materials:

Warp: deer leather. Warp: artificial sinew.

Description:

Black glass beads.

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