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

Wampum Belt Archive

Mohawk

Chiefswood ROM HD 12649

 

Original Size:
Rows: 6. Length: ?
Reproduction:
Bead Length: 33.0 inches. Width: 3.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 53.0 inches.
Beads:
Rows: 6. Columns: 209 (est). Total Beads: 1,254.
Materials:
Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Mohawk. Black shell background and white shell outline of three sets of double diagonals (2 beads wide) and two hexagons - 2 beads wide).
Edges wrapped. Chiefswood Collection, Royal Ontario Museum: ROM HD 12649.

 

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