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

Wampum Belt Archive

Mohawk

Note The 3rd figure from left is incomplete

belt

Richard D. Hamell Feb. 18, 2024

belt

 

Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado

 

Original Size:

Rows: 9. Length 152 cm. 59.8 inches.

Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 61.0 inches. Width: 4.5 inches. Length w/fringe:85.0 inches/

Beads:

Columns: 385. Rows: 9. Beads: 3,465.

Materials:

Warp: Deer Leather: Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Ends decorated with silk ribbons. Cat A 738.1. Purchased from George Economos. Cat#738.1

Shell beads, buckskin and ribbon. Date: 1700-1799.

Reference:

Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado https://dmns.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/view/search?search=SUBMIT&cat=0&q=wampum+belt&dateRangeStart=&dateRangeEnd=&QuickSearchA=QuickSearchA