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Wampum Belt Archive

 

Odawa EMB IV B 7596

 

Original Size:

Rows: 6. Length 80cm. 31.5 inches.

Reproduction:

 

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Description:

Black shell belt with 10 white outlined shell bead squares. A single glass bead, gray parts rearranged after 1906, Red Wool warps. Exchanged with Walter C. Wyman in 1908, who collected it among the Odawa, Emmet County in 1901.

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