Photographs (left to right): Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico; Niagara Falls, New York; Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Iroquois - Ojibwa Friendship Belt

Tehanetorens (1999)

 

Original Size:	Not given
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 24.0 inches. Width: 5.5 inches. Length w/fringes: 44.0 inches
Beads:	Rows: 148. Columns: 11. Beads: 1,628.
Materials:	Warp: Leather. Weave: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

This belt is a friendship belt, and the symbols on the belt represent two nations joined together by the Path of Peace. One square represents the Ojibway Nation and the other square represents the Iroquois. There will always be an open path between them.

Reference:

Tehanetorens. 1999. Wampum Belts of the Iroquois. Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN.