Photographs (left to right): Mt. Charleston, Nevada; St. Thomas, Pennsylvania; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida

British Covenant Chain
1760's
Original Size:
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Length: 26.6 inches, Rows: 11. |
Reproduction:
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Beaded Length: 28.0. Widdth: 5.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 52.0 inches. |
Beads:
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Rows: 11. Columns: 187. Beads: 1,958. |
Materials:
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Warp: Deer hide. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer. |
Description:
White shell bead belt with seven black, double outlined, open, linked shell bead hexagons, 11 rows,
REMM Cat. No. V-Am-1807, purchased from Hugo Schilling in 1882, see Figure 11, p. 202.
Reference:
Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany.Fig. 11, p. 202.