wampum strings

wampum strings

wampum strings

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Introduction

Blue and white strings or necklaces of wampum, noted as "marriage wampum strings" in accession file. Possibly Haudenosaunee, Abenaki, Huron-Wendat, or Penobscot.

Nation of Maker: Other Huron-Wendat Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee
Nation of Origin

Abenaki or Penobscot (Feest 2007), or Huron (MdqB file). Autumn Epple theorizes Haudenosaunee.

Materials

Wampum shell, hide

Current Location: Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Paris, France
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 71.1878.32.58
Collection Narratives and Histories

Ancienne collection : Bibliothèque nationale de France; Précédente collection : Musée de l'Homme (Amérique) - Inventaire: 78.32.58

Exhibition History

Premières Nations, Collections Royales, at the Musée du quai Branly, February 13 - May 13, 2007.

Publication History

Christian Feest, Premières Nations, Collections Royales: Les Indiens des forêts et des prairies d'Amérique du Nord (Paris: musée du quai Branly, 2007).

GKS Reference Number: 26757
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, wampum strings. Currently in the Musée du quai Branly, 71.1878.32.58. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip; GRASAC item id 26757.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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