Photographs (left to right): All Monhonk, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Wyandot Wampum Belt

Drawing R.D. Hamell

Musee de la Civilisation, Quebec, Canada

MCQ 1992 1291

Original Size:	Rows 5. Length: 63.2 cm
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 33.3 inches. Width: 2.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 53.3 inches,
Beads:	Columns (est). 210. Rows: 5. Beads: 1,050 .
Materials:	Warps: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer

Description:

White shell bead belt with fie black outlined hexagons. Ex Tessier Collection. Worn by Huron-Wendat in 1880.

Note right end hexagon is incomplete: accidently or intentionally.

 

Reference:

McCord Musee de la Civilisation, Quebec, Canada Cat# MCQ 1992 1291.

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany.