Photographs (left to right): All Monhonk, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Penobscot - Passamaquoddy

belt

AIEA 2563B

 

Original Size:

Rows: 13. Length: 82 cm. 32.3 inches.

Reproduction:

 

Beads:

 

Materials:

 

Description:

Black shell strap outlined with white beads and separated into nine parts by white diagonal double lines. Spaces filled with white, open shell bead crosses or dots.

Acquired by the institution in 1906.

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