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Wampum Belt Archive

 

Wendat-Huron Belt

National Museum of the American Indian

012132.00

belt

Reproduction R. D. Hamell July 7, 2013

 

Original Size:

Est. Length: 30.0 inches. Width: 3.9 inches. Rows: 12.

Reproduction:

 Beaded Length: 263 rows: 42.5. Width: 5.5 inches, Length with fringe: 66.5 inches.

Beads:

 Rows: 263 by 12: 3,156 beads.

Materials:

 Warp: Leather. Weave: Artificial sinew.

Description:

Described as being of Huron-Wendat origin from the state of Kansas (1810-1850). A date of creation inferred is 1600-1650. Originally from the widow of Silas Armstrong, Chief of the Wyandot in Kansastses. Cat. No. 012123.000.

Formerly owned by Silas Armstrong (Principal chief of the Wyandot in Kansas, 1810-1865); purchased by Walter C. Wyman (ca. 1851-1927, Chicago area dealer and collector) from Armstrong's widow, Zalinda Hunter Armstrong (Wyandot, ca. 1821-ca. 1900); purchased by George Heye in 1907.

see Delaware Two Men Belt

Reference:

National Museum of the American Indian. http://www.nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/item.aspx?irn=12573&culid=245

 

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