Photographs (left to right): Sunset, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Silver Pennies, Rush, New York; Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico

Wampum Belt Archive

Huron-Wendat

CMH III-H-485

Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Original Size:	5 rows Length ca 38 cm. 15 inches.
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Description:

Black shell bead band with Andreas Cross, flanked by eight white diagonal shell bead lines, two on one side and respectively six at the other with three short bars at one nd.

Acquired from Howard B. Roloff in 1974, purchased from Maurice Bastien Jr Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat at Wendake before 1841, prior to 1895 sewn to other belt.

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