Photographs (left to right): Mendon Ponds Park, Mendon, New York; Burgess Falls, Tennessee; Mendon Ponds Park, Mendon, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Huron Wampum Belt

Beauchamp 1901, Plate 23, Figure 254

 

Hamell Oct. 06 2024

Original Size:	Rows: 7. Length not given
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 43.0 inches. Width: 3.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 63.0 inches.
Beads:	Rows 7. Columns: 270. Beads:1,890.
Materials:	Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Beauchamp (1901) recorded this belt being an "ordinary belt of seven rows from near Georgian Bay, Canada. This belt was one of three small belts sent to Beauchamp in 1895 by S. H. Goodwin he had acquired near Georgian Bay. The other were of unusual form, an expanding basket shape, broad at the top (Plate 12); Figure 169 shows on of these 28 rows deep, having five open with diamonds on the a dark ground. The third item (Figure 170) is of the same general form, and is 27 rows deep. It ahs nine open squares of white beads arranged diagonally. The foundation of both is of twine (p. 426). See W_Huron Wampum Cuffs Beauchamp.html

Reference:

Beauchamp, William M. 1901. Wampum and Shell Articles Used By The New York Indians. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 41, Vol. 8.