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Photographs (left to right): Coso, California; Coso, California; Custer State Park, South Dakota
Wampum Belt Archive
Switzerland Plate 7 Figure 82
BHM Po74 410 64
Musee d’ethnographie de Genee, Geneva. Switzerland
December 08 2024 R. D. Hamell
Original Size: |
Rows: 7. Length: 41.1 inches. |
Reproduction: |
Beaded Length: 56.50 inches. Width:5.5 inches. 72.5 inches with fringe. |
Beads: |
Rows: 7. Columns: 226. Beads: 1,582. |
Materials: |
Warp: Deer Leather. Weft. Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer. |
Description:
Black shell bead belt with six white, diagonal shell bead lines and two short white bars at both ends, 7 rows, L: 104.5 cm, red wool warps, BHM Cat. No. Po74.410.64, ex Albert Alexandre de Pourtalès Coll., 1832 (Thompson 1977: 146, Fig. 69; Psota und Jost 2004: 14f., cf.: Becker 2005: 110)
Reference:
Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads. Hamburg, Germany.
Thompson, Judy. 1977. The North American Indian Collection. A Catalogue. Berne: Berne Historical Museum.
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