Photographs (left to right): Black Racer, Paynes Prairie, Florida; Mohave Desert, Nevada; Monhonk, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Shawnee

 

belt

Courtesy Museum of the Fur Trade, Chadron, Nebraska

belt

Drawing: R.D.Hamell December 28 2022

 

Original Size:

Rows: 7. Columns; est: 86.

Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 17.7 inches. Width: 3.5 inches. Lewngth w/fringe: 37.7 inches.

Beads:

Columns: 106. Rows: 7. Beads: 742.

Materials:

Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

One edge wrapped with red and other with blue wool (which edge: top or bottom. A partial wampum belt said to had been sent to a band Shawnee by the British during the War of 1812 requestong their support.MFT

Reference:

Museum of the Fur Trade, Chadron, Nebraska. 2022. https://lacusveris.com/Moab/Snaps

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