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Photographs (left to right): Grinding Platform; Hot Springs; Cholla; all California
Wampum Belt Archive
Douw-Ten Eyck Condolence Belt
Reproduction (shorter version with 9 rows)
Hamell March 22, 2001
Original Size: |
Beaded length: 23 inches by 4.5 inches |
Reproduction: |
Beaded length: 28.8 inches. Width 5.0. Total length with fringe: 48.8 inches |
Beads: |
Columns: 173. Rows: 10. Total 1,730. |
Materials: |
Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: artificial sinew. |
Description:
Wampum belt given to the family of Caty Hoffman by the Six Nations in December 1775.
Reproduction made with old beads: Seneca Iroquois National Museum Salamanca NY.
Six Nations, ex NMAI 11/1229 condolence belt given by the Six Nations to Volkert Dow on the death of his daughter in 1775. Repatriated 1993.
Reference:
National Museum of American Indian.
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