Photographs (left to right): Arches National Park, Utah; Sacandaga River, Adirondacks, New York; Flower Pots, Bay of Fundy, Canada

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Six Nations Wampum Belt

Beauchamp (1901: Plate 14, Figure 175)

Original Size:	Rows: 12.
Reproduction:	Beaded Length: 26.0 inches. Width: 6.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 46.0 inches.
Beads:	Rows: 12. Columns: 163 . Beads: 1,956.
Materials:	Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Wampum belt consist of three double diagonals of black wampum; one diagonal is one bead wide, the other is 4 beads wide. Photographed by Beauchamp in 1899 at the Six Nations council at Ohsweken, Canada. After John Buck's death most of the fine collection of Canadian belts quickly disappeared.

Reference:

Beauchamp, William M. 1901. Wampum and Shell Articles Used By The New York Indians. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 41, Vol. 8.

Becker, Marshall J. 2007. Unique Huron Ornamental Bands: Wampum Cuffs. Material Culture Review 66 (Fall 2007).

Tooker. E. 1998. A note on the Return of Eleven Wampum Belts to the Six Nations. Ethnohistory 45, 2, pp. 219-236.