Photographs (left to right): All Mohave Desert, California/Nevada

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Huron/Wendat - Iroquois Peace Belt

Photograph Courtesy of National Museum of American Indians (001855.000)

 

Reproduction R. D. Hamell Sept. 16, 2018

Original Size:	Estimated to by about 24.0 inches
Reproduction:	Beaded length: 36.25. Width: 3.5. Length w/fringe 60.0 inches
Beads:	Columns 224 by 7 wide. Total beads: 1,348.
Materials:	Warp: deer leather. Weft: artificial sinew.

Description:

The museum report stated the belt represented a peace treaty with the Iroquois in 1612. The purple square represents the Huron Nation. The purple stripes designate people and the white, peace, meaning the people of both nations walk in peace together. Beads woven with cordage on leather.

Received by the institution in 1904, collected by Harriet M. Converse in 1903.

 

Reference:

National Museum of the American Indian. Smithsonian Museum. WC 1807.