Photographs (left to right): All Niobara County, Wyoming

Wampum Belt Archive

 

NCM 1976.2.1

National Currency Museum, Ottawa

Original Size:

Rows: 9. Length: 114.4 cm

Reproduction:

 

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Description:

Black shell bead belt with central white double outlined shell bead hexagon flanked by four white, outlined shell bead diamonds, diagonally arranged at each side, and four white short bars at ends. Edges wrapped. Purchased from a Private Collection in 1976.

Reference:

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