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

Wampum Belt Archive

Penobscot

PMAE HU 96 22 10 48239

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA

 

Original Size:	Rows: 5. Length: 47.1cm. 18.5 inches.
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Description:

Black shell bead belt with 5 white checkered shell diamonds. Collected at "Indian Island', Oldtown, Maine.

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