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

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Passamaquoddy

Abenaki

 

BML 1906 532 1

British Museum London, London, England

Hamell, R. D. November 17, 2024

 

Original Size:	Rows 6. Length: 23.5 cm. 9.3 inches.
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 14.3 inches. Width: 3.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 26.3 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 90. Rows: 6. Beads: 540.
Materials:	Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Black shell bead belt with open white cross, flanked by white cross and dot design and a white checkered triangle. Purchased from William O. Oldman in 1906.

Note the anomaly in the placement of two white beads in the checkered triangle on the right. This belt is similar to the Abenake Wedding Belt with the exception the Wedding belt is white, no anamoly in bead placement and had 9 rows and length (R.D. Hamell)

Reference:

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany. Plate 19 Figure 231.