Photographs (left to right): Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada; Maplewood Park, Rochester, New York; Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Wampamoag

Delaware

R. d. Hamell Nov. 14, 2021

Watson Farm Rhode Island

1917.591

Denver Art Museum

Original Size:
Rows: 4. Columns: 17. 680 beads.
Reproduction:
Beaded Length: 2.8 inches. Width: 2.0 inches. Length w/fringe: 6.0 inches
Beads:
Rows: 4. Columns: 17. Total beads: 68.
Materials:
Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

 

Description:

Black shell belt with white interlinked double outline shell/glass bead zigzag lines inter-spaced with white shell bead cross. Strung on yarn warps, unknown history.

Reference:

Denver Art Museum