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Wampum Belt Archive

 

Unknown Penn Museum Belts

 

Original Size:	Rows: 10. Shell wampum.
Reproduction:	Beaded length: 34.0 inches. Width: 5.0 inches. Length with fringe: 54.0 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 172. Rows: 10. Beads: 1,720 beads.
Materials:	Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

McGill # ASNu. Archives du Seminare de Nicolet, Nicolet, Quebec Canada.
Three white outlined diamonds on a black shell background. McGill Redpath Museum.

 

Reference:

McGill Redpath Museum.

Meachum, Scot. 2013. Personal Communications.

Puyo, Lisa. 2014. How Much Does Matter Matter? A Glass Wampum Belt at the Archives of Nicolet Seminary. Penn Museum Blog, July 18.