Photographs (left to right): Coso, California; Coso, California; Custer State Park, South Dakota

Wampum Belt Archive

Hamell October 13, 2024

Quebec

p.l.o. ex Tessier Collection

Original Size:

7 Rows. Length: ?

Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 41.0 inches. Width: 2.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 65.0

Beads:

Columns: 260. Rows: 5. total Beads: 1,300.

Materials:

Warp: leather. Weave: artificial sinew. Beds: Polymer.

Description:

Black glass bead belt with three diagonal white checker stolleed panels. Hamell illustration after Stolle: Fig. 105, Plate 8.

Reference:

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads: The history of wampum as a value and knowledge bearer, from its very first beginnings until today. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 1437-7837