Photographs (left to right): All Mohave Desert, California/Nevada

Wampum Belt Archive

Iroquois Belt

BLM AM+4630

Original Size:

Rows: 15. Length: 89 cm. 23.2 inches.

Reproduction:

Beaded length: 25.5 inches. Width: 7.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 45.2 inches.

Beads:

Rows: 15. Columns: 160. Beads: 2,400.

Materials:

Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Indiscernible pattern black and white wampum. Presented by Sir A. W. Franks in 1889, collected by William A. Baker, recovered near Fleming NY, most probably restrung.

Reference:

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