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

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Passamaquoddy Neck Band

NMAI Cat. No. 0012801.000

 

Original Size:

Est. Length: 10.0 inches. Width: 1.6 inches. Rows: 5.

Reproduction:

 

Beads:

 

Materials:

Weave: Cordage. Warp: Cordage.

Description:

Pleasant Point Reservation, Maine. Neckband. Stolle stated the belt had 6 rows while it clearly has only 5.

Reference:

National Museum of American Indian

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