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Wampum Belt Archive

 

Penobscot

 

Penobscot NMAI 17/9685

Maine

Original Size:	Rows 8. Length: 90 cm? 35.4 inches? Width: 2inches?
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Description:

Black shell and glass bead belt edged with white beads and separated into nine parts by white diagonal double lines, seven spaces are filled with white open crosses. Purchased from Walter C. Wyman 1931.

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Walter C. Wyman (1850-1927), a Chicago area dealer and collector); purchased by MAI from the estate of Walter Wyman in 1931.

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