wampum beads, string

wampum beads, string

wampum beads, string

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Introduction

Wampum beads. Huron-Wendat. Collected by Mr. Horatio Hale and purchased from him by Professor Tylor, who subsequently donated them to the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1896.

Nation of Maker: Huron-Wendat
Nation of Origin

Pitt Rivers Museum catalogue entry.

Date Made or Date Range: 1700s to 1800s
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Pitt Rivers Museum accession record and observations made by the GRASAC research team.

Materials

white and purple shell wampum beads, one grey bead which may be imitation wampum, string.

Techniques or Format

The beads were originally loose, probably in a box. Museum conservation staff strung them onto string.

Additional Context

The beads may have composed a long message string.

Dimensions: 32 × 0 × 0 cm
Condition: Excellent.
Current Location: Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 1896.7.11
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1896
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Edward Burnett Tylor
Collection Narratives and Histories

This item was part of a larger donation of four wampum belts (1896.7.7, 1896.7.8, 1896.7.9, 1896.7.10).

Publication History

Hale, Horatio. "Four Huron Wampum Records: A Study of Aboriginal American History and Mnemonic," Journal of the Anthropological Institute XXVI (1897): 221. Tylor, E.B. "The Hale Series of Huron Wampum Belts (Notes and Addenda)," Journal of the Anthropological Institute XXVI (1897).

GKS Reference Number: 25759
Record Creation Context

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).

Record Creation Notes/Observations

researchers present: Heidi Bohaker (HB), Stacey Loyer (SL), Janis Monture (JM), Laura Peers (LP), Ruth Phillips (RP), Anne De Stecher (AS), Cory Willmott (CW).

Approximate Place of Origin

43.0703, -80.1184

Source of Information about Places

Pitt Rivers Object Catalogue entry.

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