Photographs (left to right): Speculator, New York; Deer Moss, Adirondack, New York; Adirondacks, New York
Penobscot Marriage Belt
Beauchamp 1901, Plate 26, Figure 278
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Description:
Beauchamp stated this is a Penobscot Marriage Belt of "a very novel character." It is of dark beads edged with white, and the rows cross the belt diagonally. It has velvet strings. It came to him "directly from the families to whom the belts were descended by marriage, passing from generation to generation at the marriage of the oldest child. The belt came from Lizzie Nicola, one of the old-time Indian families of the Penobscot tribe."
Wyman Collection
Reference:
Beauchamp, William M. 1901. Wampum and Shell Articles Used By The New York Indians. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 41, Vol. 8.
