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Photographs (left to right): Cedar Breaks National Park, Utah; Cedar Breaks National Park, Utah; Rush, New York
Wampum Belt Archive
Ransom/Adoption Belt
Reproduction (Hamell April 10, 2008)
Original Size: |
Estimated to be about 3 feet in length. Clarke suggest about 1/2 of its length has been removed. |
Reproduction: |
Beaded length: 31.5 inches. Width: 3.0 inches. 54 inches with fringe. |
Beads: |
Rows: 198 by 6 wide: 1,188 beads |
Materials: |
Warp: deer leather. Weft: artificial sinew. |
An all white beads could be use for adoption or payment to a family for their loss. Such an offering was to advert retribution.
Reference:
Tehanetorens. 1999. Wampum Belts of the Iroquois. Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN.
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