Photographs (left to right): Sunset, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Silver Pennies, Rush, New York; Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico

Wampum Belt Archive

Haudenosaunee Belt

belt

R. D. Hamell

CMAH u

Original Size:

Rows: 9?

Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 24.6 inches. Width: 4.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 44.6 inches.

Beads:

Rows: 9. Columns: 155. Beads: 1,395

Materials:

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

Description:

Black shell beaded belt with 4 white shell diamonds. Six Nations, ex CMAH u, unknown history. Repatriated to the Haudenosaunee Council 2012

Reference:

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