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Photographs (left to right): All Letchworth State Park, New York
Wampum Belt Archive
Mohawk Covenant Belt
(also called the Two Row or Two Path Belt)
Beauchamp 1901
Original - NMAI Cat. #175205.000
Hamell Reproduction March 01, 3001
Original Size: |
Rows: 8. Length: 33.5 inches. Cordage on leather. |
Reproduction: |
Beaded Length: 34.0 inches. Width: 4.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 66.5 inches. |
Beads: |
Columns: 204. Rows: 8. Beads: 1,632. |
Materials: |
Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer. |
Description:
This is a covenant belt and was an early treaty belt with the English, the agreement being that both parties should travel by separate but parallel paths (the two stripes of purple beads), the Indian by canoe and the white man by his boat, neither interfering with the other except in the case of murder or robbery. Brantford Reserve, Ontario, Canada Cat. #NMAI 17/5202
Presented by Blair S. Williams in 1930. Purchased from William L. Bryant from William D. Loft, Collected on the Brantford Reservation, repatriated to the Haudenosaunee Council in 1997.
Reference:
Beauchamp, William M. 1901. Wampum and Shell Articles Used By The New York Indians. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 41, Vol. 8.
Clarke, Noah T. 1931 New York State Museum Bulletin No. 288.
Hill, Rick. 1989. Council Fires: A Resource Guide. Woodland Cultural Center, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
National Museum of the American Indian.
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