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Photographs (left to right): Sunset, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Silver Pennies, Rush, New York; Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico
Wampum Belt Archive
New Orleans Museum of Art
Tecumseh War Belt (1813)?
Hamell November 01, 2024
Original Size: |
Rows: 5. |
Reproduction: |
Beaded length: 26.0 inches. Width: 2.5 inches . Length w/fringe: 50.0 inches. |
Beads: |
Columns: 161. Rows: 5. Total: 805 beads. |
Materials: |
Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artifical sinew, Beads: Polymer. |
Description:
Dark purple wampum belt. Three white outline squares positioned between two white beaded crosses.
"A predominantly dark purple belt symbolized sadness and death, and therefore probably a declaration of war (Tecumseh?)" (citation needed)
Reference:
New Orleans Museum of Art.
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