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

Turtle, Suwannee River Park, Live Oaks, Florida

Wampum other than Belts Archive

 

Huron Wampum Cuff

Oneida Nation Inc. New York

Photography Deb Twigg

Original Size:	Rows: 28.
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Description:

Wampum cuff with five checkered diamond design. From the Georgian Bay region of Canada. Presumed to be Huron.

Reference:

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

Becker, Marshall J. 2007. Unique Huron Ornamental Bands: Wampum Cuffs. Material Culture Review 66 (Fall 2007).