Photographs (left to right): Paper Wasp Nest, Rush, New York; Tree Resting on Rock, Adirondacks, New York: Hornets Nest, Rush, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

Six Nations Language Belt

Concept Design Richard D. Hamell

January 01 2016

 

Original Size:	Length: 36.2 inches. Width 5.0 inches. Length/fringe: 60.2inches.
Reproduction:	Polymer beads
Beads:	Length: 228 columns by 10 rows wide. Total Beads 2,280
Materials:	Warp: Leather. Weave: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer and 17th Century shell wampum.

Description:

Commemoration of the teaching of the Six Nations languages. The dark area represent the period of time when the US government suppressed the Indigenous culture and languages. The blue diagonal lines which flank the purple beads are historic 17th century wampum.

Reference:

R. D. Hamell