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Wampum Belt Archive

Huron-Wendat

Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

CMH III-H-485

Hamell October 10, 2024

Original Size:	Rows: 5. Length: 15 inches.
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 19.5 inches. Width: 2.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 35.5 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 123. Rows: 5. total Beads: 615.
Materials:	Warp: leather. Weave: artificial sinew. Beds: Polymer.

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 (Stolle, 2016).

Belonging to Maurice Bastien, Quebec 1883-1969 (Canadian Mus.

Reference:

Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. 2016. https://www.historymuseum.ca/collections/archive/3309570

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