Photographs (left to right): All Niobara County, Wyoming

Wampum Belt Archive

Private Collection

Original Size:

Rows: 3. Length: 24.4 cm. 9.6 inches

Reproduction:

 

Beads:

 

Materials:

 

Description:

Miniature belt made of translucent wine red and white glass beads. 14 and a half crosses. Sold at Sotheby's 2005, Lot 17. Said to have been collected by Alexander Farquharson ca. 1760.

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