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Iroquois/Huron-Wendat Belt
Ashmolean Collection AMQ104937
Curiosity Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK
Original Size:
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8 rows. ca 30 cm. 11.8 inches. |
Reproduction:
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Length: 11.0 inches. Width: 4.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 19.0 inches. Gray area indicated beads missing. |
Beads:
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Columns: 65 (Est). Rows: 8. Beads: 520 beads. |
Materials:
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Warp: Artificial sinew. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer. |
Description:
Iroquoian or Algonquian, possibly 1656 . Listed in the cataloques of 1685 under no. 271 as :Armilla indica alba ex Wampampook facta called white Armband made of Wampumpeak part of the Tradescant Collection. Feest's recreated design does not fit the actual dimensions.
See W_Ashomlean 1656.html
Reference:
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK
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
