Photographs (left to right): All Mendon Ponds Park, Mendon, New York

 

Seneca Greek Key UMP Wampum Belt

 

Drawing after Newberry

Univ Museum Philadelphia

belt

Hamell

 

Original Size:

 

Reproduction:

Beaded length: 22.0 inches. Width 5.0. Length w/fringe: 42.0 inches.

Beads:

Columns: 134 by Rows: 10. Total 1,340.

Materials:

Warp: artificial sinew. Weave: artificial sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description:

None given.

Very similar to the belt show in Beauchamp 1901, Plate 25, Figure 272, labeled as a Huron belt with a swastikas on a white background. Museum in Trocadero, Paris.

see W_Huron Zig Zag Belt Beauchamp 272.html

Reference:

Beauchamp, William M. 1901. Wampum and Shell Articles Used By the New York Indians. New York State Museum Bulletin No. 41, Vol. 8, Plate 25, Figure 272.