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Wampum Belt Archive

 

CMC III-I-1458

Canadian Museum of Civilization

 

Original Size:	Rows: 12. Length: 22.5 inches. Width: 2.75 inches.
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 6.5 inches. Width: 5.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 13.0 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 38. Rows: 10. Beads: 380.
Materials:	Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

White shell belt with 4 black diagonal shell bead lines with 4 short horizontal extensions. Purchased from D. C. Ewing 1974. Exchanged Heye Foundation Collection #u, acquired in 1930.

Canadian Museum of Currency: CMC Cat. No. III-I-1458, purchased from D. C. Ewing 1974, ex Heye Foundation Coll., Cat. No. u., acquired 1930. Probable provenience Haudenosaunee.

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