Photographs (left to right): Sunset, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Silver Pennies, Rush, New York; Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico

Wampum Belt Archive

MVH B 1975

Museum fur Volkerkunde Hamburg, Germany

 

Drawing: R.D. Hamell Jan. 01, 2023

 

Original Size:	11 rows Length 47 cm. 18.5 inches.
Reproduction:	Bead Length: 19.0 inches. Width: 5.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 39.0 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 121. Rows: 11. Beads: 1,331.
Materials:	Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Shell.

Description:

White shell belt with three black, outlined shell bead diamonds and a half cross, one diamond is open. Incomplete design. Purchased from Hugo Schilling 1886.

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