Photographs (left to right): Coso, California; Coso, California; Custer State Park, South Dakota

Wampum Belt Archive

Penobscot

MSNF 19959

Museo di Storia Naturale Florence, Italia

belt

R. D. Hamell November 22 2024

 

Original Size:

Rows: 12. Length: 63.3cm. 25 inches. Shell.

Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 25.0 inches. Width: 6 inches. 2-Parts.

Beads:

Columns: 139. Rows: 12. Beads: 1,668.

Materials:

Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer

Description:

Black shell bead strap, parted with two white diagonal double shell line and white edges. Donated by Kingsmith Mavis in 1925

Note the beading pattern shown on the right.

 

Reference:

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany.