Photographs (left to right): Burgess Falls, Tennessee; Starfish, Florida; Butterfly, Florida

Wampum Belt Photographs Archive

 

Guy Johnson Belt 001

One of the G.I. (or G.J.) belts (in Becker and Lainey, 2004: Harrington, 1908))

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Becker and Lainey (2004) suggested the photography above is one of seven Guy Johnson belts, circa 1780. See the article by Becker and Lainey for more information.

Reference:

Becker, Marshall J. and Jonathan Lainey. 2004. Wampum Belts with Initials and/ or Dates as Design Elements: A Preliminary Review of One Subcategory of Political Belts. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 28, No 2, pp. 25-45.

Harrington, M. R. 1908. Vestiges of Material Culture Among the Canadian Delaware. American Anthologist, Vol. 10, pl. XXIVb. (Now located in the American Museum of Natural History.