Photographs (left to right): Wyoming

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Stockbridge-Munsee tribe - West Point Wampum Belt

Couresty Band of Mohican Indians

2021?

belt

Facsimile reproduction R.D. Hamell December 08 2024

Original Size:

not given

Reproduction:

Length: 43.0 inches. Width: 5.5 inches. 67.0 inches with fringe

Beads:

Rows: 11. Columns: 173. Beads: 1,903

Materials:

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

 

Description:

West Point Academy has begun a process unprecedented in dealings with the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe. West Point and the Tribe have been working together to provide procedures for informal consultations and communication, protection of information, and better performance of their duties as stewards of information and protection of federal land.

Reference:

Stockbridge-Munsee .Historic Preservation Photo Gallery.2021 https://www.mohican.com/west-point-trip-photo-gallery/