Photographs (left to right): Mendon Ponds Park, Mendon, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Kanesatake 'Eastern Door' Belt

 

Courtesy Six Nations Polytechic Institute

Conversation in Cultural Fluency Lecture Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DrKu736Kj4

 

 

Mohawk Eastern Door Belt

Reproduction R. D. Hamell April 07 2018

 

Original Size:	Length: unknown: 304 columns by 7 beads wide
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 48.3 inches. Width: 3.5 inches. Total length with fringe: 72.3 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 304. Rows: 7. Total: beads: 2,128
Materials:	Warp: Leather. Weave: artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

 

Description:

Similar to the Western Door-Eli Parker Belt with the exception of having 6 hexagons and 6 column shorter.

 

Reference:

Hill, Rick. 2018. Personal Communications. Conversation in Cultural Fluency Lectures Series. Six Nations Polytechnic Institution, Grand River First Nation.