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

Wampum Belt Archive

 

Wampanoag Wampum Belt

NMAI 200898.000

 

Original Size:	Rows: 13. 42 inches
Reproduction:
Beads:
Materials:	Cordage on leather

Description:

"The name and date, "IOHN TYZACKE, 1609" appears in blue beads upon the belt. This name refers to TIASHQ or TYASKS (subchief to King Phillip) who according to a quotation of Church in Hubbard's Indian Wars, was a sub-chief of King Phillip in 1676. The date on the belt possibly refers to the year of his birth."

 

Reference:

 

National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)