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Photographs (left to right): Mendon Ponds Park, Mendon, New York
Wampum Belt Archive
Huron - Jesuit Belt
Courtesy McCord Museum
M1905
Hamell Reproduction Jan 13 20212
Original Size: |
Rows: 11. Length: 2.18 meters. 86 inches |
Reproduction: |
Rows: 11. Columns: 270. Beaded Length: 35.0 inches. Width: 5.5. T/length w/fringe: 50 inches. |
Beads: |
Polymer: 2,700. |
Materials: |
Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. |
Description:
The Huron Belt commemorates the contract made in 1683 between the Jesuit missionaries and Hurons for the erection of the first wooden church on tribal lands. The white cross on the purple background represents loyalty to Christianity. The figures to the left of the cross are Jesuits; to the right, Indians. At the extreme right is the church with its enclosure (McCord).
Gift of David Ross
Reference:
McCord Museum of Canadian History
690 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1E9
Phone: (514) 398-7100
Fax: (514) 398-5045
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/info/access/
Adapted from The Native Americans. Edited by B. & I. Balantine. 1993
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