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

Wampum Belt Archive

Huron-Wendat

Hanell October 11, 2024

Original Size:
Reproduction:	Length: 32.2 inches. Width: 2.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 59.6 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 222 Rows: 7. Beads: 1,554.
Materials:	Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Black shell bead belt with seven white shell bead squares, 7 rows, unknown dimensions, wrapped edges, NMAI Cat. No. 19/7961, purchased from L. V. Case in 1938

(Stolle, 1916, Fig 134, Plate 10).

Illustration by Hamell used earlier size wampum beads (4-5mm) to reconstruct the wampum belt.

Reference:

National Museum American Indian website.

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 1437-7837.