Photographs (left to right): All Tioga, Pennsylvania

Wampum Belt Archive

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Iroquois? Wampum Belt

 

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Univ. Museum, Philadelphia NA 3879

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R. D. Hamell February 28 2024

Original Size:

Rows: 5. Length: 22.5 inches.

Reproduction:

Beaded Leagth: 16.3.0 inches. Width:2.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 26.3 inches.

Beads:

Columns: 98. Rows: 5. Total Beads: 490.

Materials:

Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Quahog Shell, Whelk Shell and Plant Fiver. Northeast Culture-Iroquois.

Wampum Belt (collar) with three white and purple diamonds and four crosses; two braided plant fiber ties at each end.

Reference:

Univ. Museum Pennsylvania. https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/7969