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Photographs (left to right): Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; Maplewood Park, Rochester, New York; Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Wampum Belt Archive
Onondaga Wampum Belt
Drawing: Newberry
MFV B1975
Hamell Nov. 07, 2024
Original Size: |
Rows: 11. Length: 18.5 inches. |
Reproduction: |
Beaded Length: 18.5 inches. Width: 5.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 38.5 inches. |
Beads: |
Columns: 116. Rows: 11. Beads: 1,276. |
Materials: |
Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer. |
Description:
White shell belt with two black outlined diamonds and a third one split vertically separated by 3 columns of white shell beads. On the right edge is the remnant of a ‘cross’. The drawing above by Hamell is after Newberry and Stolle.
Lost during WWII Hamburg Germany. Bought from Hugo Schilling in 1886.
Reference:
Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany.
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