A belt of wampum shell beads with hide warps and possibly vegetable fibre wefts, woven into eight purple hexagonal motifs linked by a purple horizontal band against a white ground. Purchased from D. Cutter in 1883.
Date Made or Date Range:
Before 1900
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative
Museum documentation, GRASAC generated
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Materials
shell wampum beads, purple and white; fine possibly vegetable fibres(?); hide thongs
Techniques or Format
Eight rows of white and purple shell wampum beads with animal hide thong warps and twisted vegetable fibre wefts.
Motifs and Patterns
7-8 purple hexagonal motifs linked by a purple horizontal band against a white ground.
Dimensions:
116 × 8 × 0 cm
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