Photographs (left to right): Columbus Zoo, Ohio; Poppies, Rush, New York; Columbus Zoo, Ohio

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Onondaga Wampum Belt

Beauchamp 1901, Plate 22, Figure 250

 

belt

Hamell Novemb 09, 2024

Original Size:

Rows: 7. Incomplete.

Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 16.5 inches. Partial belt.

Beads:

Columns: 104. Rows: 7. Beads: 489.

Materials:

Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

This is what remained of an Onondaga belt in 1878. It has since disappeared (Beauchamp, 1901).

Reference:

Beauchamp, William M. 1901. Wampum and Shell Articles Used By The New York Indians. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 41, Vol. 8.

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany.