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

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Black Wampum Belt

Private Collection K302

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Black shell bead belt with white, horizontally arranged shell bead rectangles, with two slanting rows of white shell beads at both corners, 6 rows, dimensions not available, wider copy of above belt made of old beads, SINM u.

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