Photographs (left to right): Coso, California; Coso, California; Custer State Park, South Dakota

Wampum Belt Archive

NMAI 24 6888

Original Size:	Rows: 15. Length: 6.5 cm. 2.6 inches.
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Description:

Reused fragment of black shell bead belt with six parallel white shell bead rows, part of hair ornament. Exchanged with George Economos in 1972. ex BHM Cat# U, ex Captain Malcoln Collection (pre1827).

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