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Photographs (left to right): Sunflower, Canandaigua Lake, New York: Thistles, Rush, New York; Desert Candles, San Rafael, Utah
Wampum Belt Archive
Oneida
Original Size: |
Rows 7. Length ? |
Reproduction: |
Beaded Length: 33.8 inches. Width: 9.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 50.0 inches. |
Beads: |
Columns: 258. Rows: 7. Beads: 1,806. |
Materials: |
Plant fiber and sinew. Wrap: red cloth. |
Description:
Six checkered white shell wampum diamonds and a black shell background. Outer warps wrapped with a red fabric (SRAC, 2007).
Returned to the Oneida Nation August 1997: (Rome Sentinel Newspaper).
The six diamonds represent the six nations of the confederacy.
Baker (2007) suggested the belt may be of Wendat origin.
References:
Baker, Marshall J. 2007. Susquehanna River Archaeological Centers. Fall Issue. Oneida Nation: http://www.oneidaindiannation.com/about/sovereignty
Rome Sentinel 1997 (Aug 4)
Susquehanna River Archaeological Center. 2007. http://www.sracenter.org/Newsletters/newsletters/NewsletterSept2007_Color_lowversionpdf.pdf
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