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

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Huron Wampum Belt

Beauchamp 1901, Plate 23, Figure 254

 

Beachamp Plate 12

Figure 189 Figure 190

Hamell Oct. 06 2024

Original Size:	Figure 190: Rows: 24. Top: 75. Bottom: 29.
Reproduction:	Fig. 190 Beaded Eidth Top: 12 inches. Bottom: 4. inches. Heigth: 12 inches. Fig. 190 Beaded Eidth Top: 12 inches. Bottom: 4. inches. Heigth: 12 inches.
Beads:	Rows 24. Beads:1,255.
Materials:	Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Beauchamp (1901) recorded this belt being an "ordinary belt of seven rows from near Georgian Bay, Canada." This belt was one of three small belts sent to Beauchamp in 1895 by S. H. Goodwin he had acquired near Georgian Bay. The other were of unusual form, an expanding basket shape, broad at the top. Figure 169 shows on of these 28 rows deep, having five open with diamonds on the a dark ground. The third item (Figure 170) is of the same general form, and is 27 rows deep. It ahs nine open squares of white beads arranged diagonally. The foundation of both is of twine (p. 426).

A recent study determined these items came for near Georgian and were Wendat ca. 1895. (Beker, 2007). Baker suggest " If the five-slash belt fromGeorgian Bay was “held” by the Wen-dat, and is of the size generally usedfor significant requests made at trea-ties, it most probably had been madeand given to them by one of the FiveNations Iroquois or by a colonial gov-ernment. The important question isnow - who made and presented thisbelt If the five-slash belt fromGeorgian Bay was “held” by the Wen-dat, and is of the size generally usedfor significant requests made at trea-ties, it most probably had been madeand given to them by one of the FiveNations Iroquois or by a colonial gov-ernment. The important question isnow - who made and presented thisbelt?Over the years I haveIf the five-slash belt from Georgian Bay was 'held' by the Wendat, and is of the size generally used for significant treaties,it most prbably had been made and given to them by one of the Five Nations Iroquois or by a colonial government. The important question is now - who made and presented this belts?"

Reference:

Baker, Marshall J. 2007. Susquehanna River Archaeological Centers. Fall Issue.

Beauchamp. 1898. Earthenware of the New York Aborigines. NYS Museum Bulletin, Vol 5, No 22.

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

Hill, Rick. 2014. Personal Communications. Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada.

Journal of the New York State Archaeological Association. 2007. No. 123.

Oneida Nation: http://www.oneidaindiannation.com/about/sovereignty

Rome Sentinel. 1997. August. New York Historical Papers. https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/

Susquehanna River Archaeological Center. 2007. http://www.sracenter.org/Newsletters/newsletters/NewsletterSept2007_Color_lowversionpdf.pdf