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Wampum Belt Archive

Passamaquoddy

PMAE HU 985 27 10 60263B

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA

Original Size:

Rows: 5. Length: 57cm. 22.4 cm.

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Description:

Black shell bead belt with five white, chequered shell bead diamonds, central three with extended bars, 5 rows, L: 57 cm, edges wrapped, PMAE,
324 Explanation of Plates
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HU Cat. No. 985-27-10/60263B, collected by William Wallace Brown among the Passamaquoddy in ca. 1875

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