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Wampum Belt Archive

 

Invitation Belt

Tehanetorens (1999)

Hamell March 17, 2000

Original Size:	Nine beads wide.
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 64.0 inches. Width: 4.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 88.0 inches.
Beads:	Rows: 9. Columns: 399. Beads: 3,591.
Materials:	Warp: Leather. Weave: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Tehanetorens (quote):

"The belt represents the combined territory of the Five Nations, each indicated by a white hexagon. The four short white bands on the ends represent the sacred White Roots of the Tree of Peace or the Doorways of the Great Peace, wide open to alien nations to enter and receive the policy of the Great Peace and to abandon hostilities, to settle difficulties and disagreements by council rather than by blood and war."

Outer warps wrapped in red wool.

Reference:

Tehanetorens. 1999. Wampum Belts of the Iroquois. Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN.