Photographs (left to right): Alligator, Bracket Fungus, Alligator, Florida

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Iroquois Belt

UPMAA NA9143

Univ Museum Philadelphia

 

Original Size:

Rows: 8 rows wide.

Reproduction:

 

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Materials:

 

Description:

White shell bead belt with two black outlined shell bead squares with filled center connected by two black rows. Unknown History.

Reference:

Beauchamp 1901

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