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Wampum Belt Archive

UPMAA NAn3879

Plate 21 Fig 271

American Museum of Natural History, New York

 

Belt

R. D. Hamell November 20, 2024

Original Size:

Rows: 5. Length: ca 30 cm. 11.8 inches.

Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 19.0 inches. Width: 3.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 39.0 inches.

Beads:

Columns: 119. Rows: 5. Beads: 595.

Materials:

Warp: Deer leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

Black shell bead belt similar to before, but composed of four white, equilateral, open shell bead crosses, interspaced by three white, checkered shell bead diamonds, 5 rows, L: ca. 30 cm, yarn warps, edges wrapped, UPMAA Cat. No. NAn3879, unknown history (cf.: Becker 2004: 110)

Reference:

Becker, Marchall. 2004 A Penobscot Wampum Belt in the Vatican Museums: A Possible Nineteenth Century Example of Native American Diplomacy. Bolletino Dei Musei e Gallerie Pontifici 24: 79-124.

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads: The history of wampum as a value and knowledge bearer, from its very first beginnings until today. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 1437-7837

 

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