Photographs (left to right): Fossil Falls, California, Adirondacks, New York; Ephedra plant (Mormon Tea), Mohave Desert, California

Wampum Belt Archive

Huron Belt Unknown 2

ca. 18th century

 

Belt

Hamell October 07 , 2024

Original Size:

Length: Rows: 8.

Reproduction:

Length: 22.0 inches. Width: 4.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 42.0 inches.

Beads:

Columns: 140. Rows: 8. Beads: 1,120 beads.

Materials:

Warp: Artificial sinew. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

One of eight wampum belts drawn by S.D.S. Huyghes at the Huron Council House at Lorette in 1848 (Courtesy of the Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia).

There was no description for this belt (Glenbow Museum, 2010. p.84).

Reference:

Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.