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Wampum Belt Archive

 

Friendship - Six Nations Belt

1756

Original Belt (NYSM)

Reproduction R. D. Hamell

March 30 2008

Original Size:	Rows: 189 by 10 beads wide. 22.25 inches
Reproduction:	Beaded length: 31.25 inches. Width: 5.0 inches. Total length with fringe: 55.0 inches.
Beads:	Rows:189 by 10 beads wide. Total 1,890 beads.
Materials:	Warp: leather. Weave: artificial sinew.

 

Description:

Friendship Belt representing the peaceful relationships between White Settlers and the Iroquois Confederacy. Hill (1989) stated that the belt may represent an invitation belt, "inviting the Confederacy Chiefs to a Council at Philadelphia." This belt, as called The Governor Denny Belt, could have been associated as a covenant belt.

See: Painting Archive: W_Joseph Brand Friendship Belt.

Repatriated 1988.

Reference:

Hill, Rick. 1989. Council Fire: A Resource Guide. Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.