Photographs (left to right): Sunset, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Silver Pennies, Rush, New York; Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico

Wampum Belt Archive

Penobscot

AMNH 50.1/9952

 

Original Size:	Rows: 4. Length 30.5 cm. 12 inches.
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Description:

White glass belt with central black space flanked by two black crosses.

Purchased from Grant G. Speck in 1916, made by Penobscot girl an identical version is part of the collections in the CMH: Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

Compare the design and meaning with Frank T. Siebert's drawing of Penobscot belts, preserved at the American Philosophical Society.

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