wampum string
wampum string
wampum string
Introduction
48 pieces of purple and white wampum - in circlet form 22 pieces of purple and 26 pieces of white irregularly interspersed. There seems to be a regular pattern of two white and one purple for four sets and eighteen sets of one white and one purple. Threaded on black cotton thread.
Place of Origin:
Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
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Materials
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Other Notes
48 pieces of purple and white wampum - in circlet form 22 pieces of purple and 26 pieces of white irregularly interspersed. There seems to be a regular pattern of two white and one purple for four sets and eighteen sets of one white and one purple. Threaded on black cotton thread.;;
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Provenance
Current Location:
Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
III-I-712
Collection at Current Location:
Waugh Collection
Collection Narratives and Histories
(COLL.) String of white and purple wampum from Mrs. William Henry (Mohawk)
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GKS Reference Number:
26447
Approximate Place of Origin