Photographs (left to right): All Niobara County, Wyoming

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Iroquois Ransom NYSM E 37417

Original Size:	Rows: 6. Length: 62.9 cm
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Description:

Black shell bead belt with two outline white hexagons separated by a white diagonal, double shell bead line, and a white diagonal at each end. incomplete length. Ransom belt of Six Nations. Ex NYSM E-37417, acquired through Harriet M. Converse in 1898/99.

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