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

Wampum Belt Archive

NMNH E362035

Hamell Oct. 30, 2024

Original Size:	Rows: 6.
Reproduction:	Length: 18.0 inches. Width: 1.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 30.0 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 115. Rows: 3. Total Beads: 345 beads.
Materials:	Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Black shell belt with three and a broken white diagonal double shell lines. Red wool warps. Bequest of Victor J. Evans Collection 1931. National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) .

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