White and purple wampum beads strung on commercial black twine and tied together at one end with a piece of sinew and with a smoked skin thong at the other.

Alternating purple and white shell wampum beads. It was restrung at some point.

It is possible that the restringing was part of a later modification done so that the necklace could be worn around the neck.

Part of a larger collection purchased by the British Museum from Mrs. A Corner in 1938 for 23-00s-00d. The label attached reads: "Wampum bought by an Oneida from the Sioux. This is very fine and larger than most of that now used by the Onondagas, though I have some as large. W.M. Beauchamp." The British Museum's JCK noted in 1995 that "the supposed Sioux origin is unlikely, but not wholly impossible."

Unknown artist, wampum strings. Currently in the British Museum, Am1938,0311.10. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 25116.

This record was created as part of a Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) research trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum, December 8-22 2007, funded by a grant from the International Opportunities fund of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), John Borrows (JB), Lindsay Borrows (LB), Alan Corbiere (AC), Henrietta Lidchi (HL), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Bruce Morito (BM), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).