Photographs (left to right): Tree Toad, Rush, New York; Turkey Feather, Rush, New York; Fawn, Rush, New York

Wampum Belts

Reproduction and New Belts

The belts illustrated on this page are images of authentic belts and reproduced in full-size or in reduced dimensions.

Belts which have no Native providence the country or state are listed.

Purple bead heading indicates shell wampum construction

White bead indicates glass wampum.

Belt constructed with both shell and glass wampum

Belt constructed with both shell and metal beads.

quillBelt constructed with both glass beads and quill work

New belt constructed with faux wampum

New belt constructed with glass 'wampum'

 

 

button

ca. 1890

Haudenosaunee

Pre 1860

pre 1600?

Promise Belt

ca. 1600

belt
button
button
 

button

belt

 

but

Boundary Belt

1535-1607

b

Date ?

b

1840

b

1764

b

b

b

b

bet

1840

button

2017

   

afs

be;t

   

ca. 1795

belt

2018

ca. 2015

 
pict
 

belt

2012

belt

2009

   
pict
pict
   

b

Cleansing the War Belt

ca. 1818

b

ca. 1807

Detroit Belt

1760

b

1797/1798

belt

belt

b

button

Wm Penn

1662

button

Wm Penn

1673

Treaty of Shackamaxon Belt

1673

Wm. Penn

Early 17th Century

 

b

button

Land Treaty

ca. 1750's

button

Wm Penn

1662

Teedyuscung

1756

 

 

belts

Shawnee

Hypothetical belt 1786

belts

Shawnee

Hypothetical belt 1786

belt

Haudenosaunee

Hypothetical belt 1756

button

Haudenosaunee

Hypothetical belt 1756

belt
belt

belt

belt

belt

Haudenosaunee & Ohio Nations

1789

button

Treaty of Greenville

Haudenosaunee & Ohio Nations

1794/95

belt

Six Nations...

Hypothetical Reconstruction Based on Descritpion

1785

 

butoon

belt

belt

 

b

Six Nations/others

1764

b

Wabbicomicot

1764

b

Chippewa/Johnson

1764

belt

Six Nations/Others

1759

b

b

b

belt

belt

Haudenosaunee

1784

button

Haudenosaunee

1700's

 

 

 

belt

belt

 

 

b

Shawnee, Delawares, Mingoians,

Six Nations

1758

b

Gov. Denny Belt

Six Nations-England Friendship

1756

b

1808

 

b

b

b

 

18th or 19th Century

Gov. Denny Belt

Six Nations-England Friendship

1756

gore

Prelude to the War of 1812

1808

 

Gore

 

1754

Friend

1775

deph

DePeyster Treaty 1775

 

adf

 

Montreal Treaty

1701

16th Century

Formation of the Confederacy

17th Century

Formation of the Confederacy

belt

Fort NIagara

1764

belt

Miami, Chippewa, Wyandot etc

1795

     

     

button

Condolence/Ransom Belt

Date?

button

Ransom Belt

Date?

All Water Is Sacred

2017

Hiawatha Belt

16th Century?

belt

24 Nations Treaty

1764

Two Row

1613

Onondaga

Two Row

Dust/Wing Fan

Date?

button

Cabins of the Confederacy

1797-1798

belt

Dish with One Spoon

1701

belt

Canandaigua Treaty

1794

All First Nations

Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls

2021

button

X

Champlain Belt

?1609

 

Council Summons

Date: ? 1600

Dark Doorway

Date?

Unity of the Clans

Date?

 

Antlers of the Chiefs

Date?

Douw-Ten Eyck Condolence Belt

1775

button

Beaver Trade Belt

ca. 1777

 

button

Beaver Trade Belt

pre 1681?

belt

button

Sun Belt

1756

butt

Fort Stanwix Treaty

1784

Four French Forts

17th Century

Button

Mohawk Hospitality Belt

Date?

First White Sighting

16th Century?

Confederacy Formation

18th Century?

Five Nations War Belt

Date?

af

Six Nations

ca. 1720

Tadodaho Belt

Date: pre 1847

Date?

ca. 1768

belt

af

Jay Treaty

1795

button

Sir Johnson's Dish Belt

1750's

af

King Hendrick

ca 1710

18th Century

af

Women's Nomination Belt

Date?

button

War 1812

button

Great White Belt

Date?

England Treaty

Date?

butt

Newtown Treaty

1761

butt

Old Fort

Date 1700's

butt

Wm Johnson (no info)

1758

belt

Double Calamut Belt

mid 17th Century

 

Haudenosaunee

18th Century

Wyandot-Haudenosaunee

1612

 
asd

Wyandot-Haudenosaunee

1775

Hudson Bay

1850's

1650's?

Date: pre 1848

blam

 

b

1701

b

(Wyandot) Blame the Ottawa

1764

B

Wyandot

Jesuit Mission

1683

 

fads

b

Illinois Confederacy

Date?

     
     

French and Indian War

1763

Caughnawaga Belt

ca. 1769

b

Seven Turtles

Date?

Eastern Door

Date?

b

Language Belt

2013

Two Dog Belt

1775-1780

Wolf Belt

 

 

Hawkeye Strap

Chingachgook Choke Collar

21st Century

 

butt

1775

butt

1786

 

Chippewa

1807

 

belt

Fort Niagara

1764

 

 

 

Date?

   

otta

   

b

Date?

Onondaga

Date?

Peskotomuhkati (Wabanaki) - Canada Treaty Reaffirmation

2016

 

pen

belt

 

button

Pontaic War Belt

ca. 1770's

b

Pontaic War Belt

ca. 1770's

Pontaic War Belt

ca. 1766

 

b

b

belt
 

button

Black Hawk to Black Snake

19th century?

     

     

Fort Niagara

1759

Cornplanter's Belt

early 19th century

Fort Niagara

1764

Corn Planter's Belt

ca. 1796

button

Commemoration Belt

Ganondagan

2014

button

Commemoration Belt

Ganondagan

2014

Red Painted War belt

18th Century

Ely Parker Belt

(Donehogawah Belt)

ca. 1796

1655

belt

Wm Johnson Ft Niagara Siege Belt

1764

Red Jacket

19th Century

 

button

Remembrance Belt

18th Century

Condolence

ca. 17th Century

belt

Chief Turtle

Date?

     

     


Pontiac

1766

Tecumseh

Great Peace Belt

1811?

Governor Simcoe

18th Century

 

 
 

Buffalo Treaty

1799

Tuscarora Returns

1714

Taken-In/Alliance Belt

1713

 

Wabanaki Confederacy

1680

button

Methodist Church Return

2019

button

Methodist Church Return

2019

button

Methodist Cemetery Return

2019

belt

belt

belt

Wyandot

Chief Janih English Belt

2020

b

Date?

b

Date?

b

b

Four Nations Alliance 1710-1720

1814

   

   
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