Photographs (left to right): All Mohave Desert, California/Nevada

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Virgin Immaculate Wampum Belt

 

Beauchamp 1901, Plate 25, Figure 271

Original Size:	Rows: 12 wide. Length: 200 rows (est. end broken off).
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Description:

A Huron belt with black letters VIRGIN IMMAC HVRD D on white background. Beauchamp stated "this has been figured in Gallerie Americaine du musee ethnogrphhie du Trocadero, with three others.

Reference:

Beauchamp, William M. 1901. Wampum and Shell Articles Used By The New York Indians. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 41, Vol. 8.