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wampum string
wampum string
wampum string
Wampum string. From Northeastern North America, made between 1600 and 1850. Collected by English ethnologist Henry Christy, who donated it to the British Museum between 1860 and 1869.
Created with information from the British Museum accession record and observations made by the GRASAC research team.
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White wampum, previously strung on a cotton string, now broken.
The wampum beads have drilled holes of various sizes. There are approximately 40 to 100 beads.
The irregular shapes of the wampum suggest an earlier date of manufacture.
Provenance
Donated to the British Museum by English ethnologist Henry Christy between 1860 and 1869.
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown artist, wampum string. Currently in the British Museum, Am.4118. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007; GRASAC item id 24847.
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).