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Photographs (left to right): Sunflower, Canandaigua Lake, New York: Thistles, Rush, New York; Desert Candles, San Rafael, Utah
Wampum Belt Archive
Hamell October 21, 2024
Mohawk
CMH III I 929
(after Stoole)
Original Size: |
Rows: 11. Length: 106.5 cm. 42.0 inches |
Reproduction: |
Beaded Length: 58.0 inches. Width: 5.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 82.0 inches. |
Beads: |
Columns: 362. Rows: 11. Total beads: 3,982. |
Materials: |
Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer. |
Description:
Black shell bead belt with two parallel saw-toothed diagonal lines, flanked by three white double outlined white diamonds and 6 short bars at the ends. Wrapped edges and secured ends with extra row of wefts, leather warps twisted. Received by the institution in 1913, collected by Frank G. Speck from a Frenchman who had married a Mohawk woman, he purchased it from an old chief of the Mohawk at Oka.
Reference:
Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 1437-7837
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