Photographs (left to right): Alligator, Bracket Fungus, Alligator, Florida

Wampum Belt Archive

 

NMAI 19/7961

National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

 

Original Size:	Rows: 7 rows wide. Length: ?
Reproduction:
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Description:

Black glass bead belt with seven bead squares. Wrapped edges. Purchased from L. V. Case in 1938.

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