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Wampum Belt Archive

 

Iroquois/Huron-Wendat Belt

Ashmolean Collection AMQ104937

Curiosity Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK

 

Original Size:	8 rows. ca 30 cm. 11.8 inches.
Reproduction:
Beads:
Materials:	Wampum on hemp

Description:

Iroquoian or Algonquian, possibly 1656 . Listed in the cataloques of 1685 under no. 271 as :Armilla indica alba ex Wampampook facta called white Armband made of Wampumpeak (sic Kovak)" part of the Tradescant Collection. Feest's recreated design does not fit the actual dimensions.

See W_Ashomlean 1656.html

Reference:

Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK

http://www.bridgemanart.com/asset/104937/American-School-17th-century/Wampum-Belt-American-Iroquoian-or-Algonquian-trib?search_context=%7B%22url%22%3A%22%5C%2Fsearch%5C%2Fartist%5C%2FAmerican-School-17th-century%5C%2F14603%22%2C%22num_results%22%3A%2255%22%2C%22search_type%22%3A%22creator_assets%22%2C%22creator_id%22%3A%2214603%22%2C%22item_index%22%3A4%7D

Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads: The history of wampum as a value and knowledge bearer, from its very first beginnings until today. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 1437-7837