Photographs (left to right): Suwannee River Park Live Oaks, Florida; Burgess Falls, Tennessee; Suwannee River Park Live Oaks, Florida

Wampum Belt Archive

Webster 4th Grade C.A.R.E. Belt

R. D. Hamell March 10, 2019

Original Size:
Beaded length: 36 inches. Width 70 inches. Total length with fringe: 60 inches.
   
Beads:
Columns: 108. Rows: 28. Beads: 3,024.
Materials:
Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Plastic Pony.

Description:

Description - CARE: stands for Cooperation, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence
Right symbol - the Great White Pine of the Haudenosaunee: Tree of Peace - embodiment of C.A.R.E.

Left symbol - the Four Directions

Seven Sacred Directions
Yellow - East
North - White
West - Black
Red - South
Bkue - Father Sky
Green - Mother Earth
Purple (center) - Self - the spirit that journeys in this physical world at the center.