Photographs (left to right): Black Racer, Paynes Prairie, Florida; Mohave Desert, Nevada; Monhonk, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

Iroquois ?

NMNH E15362065

Original Size:	Rows: 6. Shell wampum.
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 37.0 inches. Width: 3.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 57.0 inches.
Beads:	Rows: 6. Columns: 235. Beads: 1,410.
Materials:	Warps: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Collected by Francis West.

Black shell bead belt with three and a broken white, diagonal, double shell bead line, 6 rows, unknown dimensions, red wool warps, NMNH Cat. No. E362065, (Woodward 1970: 27),
bequest of Victor J. Evans Coll., 1931.

Reference:

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 1437-7837