Photographs (left to right): All Niobara County, Wyoming

Wampum Belt Archive

NMNH ET1769

National Museum of Natural History, New York

belt

R. D. Hamell October 22 2024

(Agter Beauchamp 1901 Figure 270)

Original Size:

Rows: 6. beaded Length: 20 inches; Rows 6., Columns 160.

Reproduction:

Beaded length: 26.0 inches. Width: 3.0 inches. Length w/ fringe 46.0 inches.

Beads:

Rows: 6. Columns: 160. Beads: 960

Materials:

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

Description:

Believed to belong to the Mohawks and history is unknown. Thongs are twisted buckskin (Beauchamp, 1901, p.409).

 

ca (Beauchamp, 1901, p. 409)

Reference:

 

Beauchamp, W. 1901 Plate. Figure 270. 409 4075

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