Photographs (left to right): Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; Maplewood Park, Rochester, New York; Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
cf. Passamaquoddy

Drawing: R.D.Hamell April 07 2022
British Museum London, London, England
BML 523.2
Original Size:
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Rows 6. Length: 23.5 cm. 9.25 inches |
Reproduction:
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Beaded length: 13.0 inches. Width: 3.0 inches . Length w/fringe: 33.0 inches. |
Beads:
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Columns: 81. Rows: 6. Total: 486 beads. |
Materials:
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Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artifical sinew, Beads: Polymer. |
Description:
Black shell bead belt with three white, double zigzag lines interspaced with white shell bead crosses, ends white, 6 rows, L: ca. 23.5 cm, grey parts missing, BML Cat. No. Ethno 1906.5-23.2 (Bushnell 1906c: Plate 18, C), purchased from William O. Oldman in 1906
Reference:
Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany.