Photographs (left to right): All Mohave Desert, California/Nevada
Huron Matrivirgini Abenaki Belt
1699
Museum de l'Homme, Paris
Top Drawing after Hamy 1897
R. D. Hamell Reproduction Jan. 13, 2012
Original Size:
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Rows: 22. Coluns: 499. Length: 2.18 meters. 86 inches |
Reproduction:
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Rows: 22. Columns: 499. Beaded Length: 79.2 inches. Width: 11.0 inches. T/length w/fringe: 103.2 inches. |
Beads:
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Polymer: 10,978. |
Materials:
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Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. |
Description:
This ecclesiastical belt was sent by the Huron-Wendat mission of Lorette, present Wendake, to the cathedral of Nortre-Dame, Charles in 1699
Ends and edges decorated by red and yellow quill work, ND 11066, Abenaki pre 1699.
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