Photographs (left to right): Paper Wasp Nest, Rush, New York; Tree Resting on Rock, Adirondacks, New York: Hornets Nest, Rush, New York

Wampum Belt Archive

Six Nations Language Belt

Concept Design Richard D. Hamell

January 01 2016

 

Original Size:	Length: 36.2 inches. Width 5.0 inches. Length/fringe: 60.2inches.
Reproduction:	Polymer beads
Beads:	Length: 228 columns by 10 rows wide. Total Beads 2,280
Materials:	Warp: Leather. Weave: Artificial Sinew.

Description:

Commemoration of the teaching of the Six Nations Languages. The dark area represent the period of time when the US government suppressed the Indigenous culture and language.

Reference:

R. D. Hamell