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Wampum Belt Archive

Dublin Ireland

NMI 1880 257

National Museum Ireland

 

Reproduction Hamell October 18, 2024

Original Size:	8 Rows. Length: 119 cm. 46.8 inches.
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 46.8 inches5. Width: 5.5 inches, Length with fringe: 66.5 inches.
Beads:	Rows: 298. Columns: 8. Total beads: 2,384.
Materials:	Warp: Leather. Weave: Artificial sinew. Beads: Glass.

Description:

Translucent Blue glass bead belt with six white, diagonal panels framed with translucent yellow glass beads pointing to triangle in center, ends with four short white horizontal bars.

Transferred fro the Royal Dublin Society in 1880.

The reproduction (Hamell) was based on given length of the belt of 46.8 inches. The number of glass tube beads per inch is about 6.3 which gives the number of columns to be 298.

Reference:

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