Photographs (left to right): Mohave Desert, California; Lance Creek, Wyoming; Custer State Park, South Dakota

Wampum Belts

Northeastern Woodland?

NMAI 106-IN-18A

 

belt

Graphic R. D. Hamell December 16 2021

Original Size:

Rows 7.

Reproduction:

Beaded Length: 7.9 inches. Width: 2.5 inches. T.length w/firngs 31.9

Beads:

Rows: 7. Columns: 67. Beads: Polymer: 469.

Materials:

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

Description:

Shell bead belt of black and white blocks with alternating, colored, equilateral crosses, 7 rows, Length 6.5 inches. Width: 2.5 inches.

Smithsonian Institution, Cat. No. 106-IN-18A

Reference:

National Museum of American Indian.