Photographs (left to right): Black Racer, Paynes Prairie, Florida; Mohave Desert, Nevada; Monhonk, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Haudenosaunee

Caughnawauga

 

Newberry

MAI 15 3281

 

Original Size:	Est. beaded length 56 column. Approx. 10.5 inches
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 12. inches. width: 5.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 24.0 inches.
Beads:	Rows: 10. Columns 74. Beads: 740.
Materials:	Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Black shell bead belt with two white, diagonal, doubled shell bead lines, 10 rows, unknown dimensions..

Six Nations, ex NMAI Cat. No. 15/3281, acquired by the institution 1927, collected at the Caughnawaga Reservation before, repatriated to the Haudenosaunee Council in 1997.

Reference:

Newberry