Photographs (left to right): Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; Pileated Woodpecker, Rush, New York ; Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Passamaquoddy Neck Band

NMAI 01/2802.000

 

R. D. Hamell November18, 2024

 

Original Size:	Est. Length: 10.0 inches. Width: 1.6 inches. Rows: 5. Cordage
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 14.0 inches. Width: 2.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 34.0 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 88. Rows: 5. Beads: 440.
Materials:	Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

The belt had bead replacements which rendered some figures to appear incomplete. The reproduction (Hamell) restored the images.

Pleasant Point Reservation, Maine.

Reference:

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany. Plate 24 Figure 265.