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Object Number
15-22-10/86069
Display Title
Wampum Wrist Ornament
Descriptions
Object Description
Wampum wrist ornament. Tapers from 18.5 cm long at the 'top' to 14 cm long at the 'bottom'; 13.5 cm wide. Composed of purple wampum beads with a series of diamond shaped motifs of white beads in a V-shaped pattern. Beads are a uniform 7 mm long by 4 mm in diameter. In places some of the beads are missing. There is a small metal cross attached to one of the thongs on the side of the specimen indicating that, at some point, it was owned by a Christian. Whether this person was a white man or a converted Native is uncertain.
Inventory Description
Ornament, white diamond shaped motifs on purple, fringe ties, small metal cross
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
18th century
Culture
- Penobscot?
- Iroquois?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Maine
North America / United States / New York
North America / United States / New York
Materials
Shell Fiber Metal Wampum Leather Brass
Dimensions
19 cm x 13.5 cm
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1915 or earlier
Provenance
Dealer
Unknown
(01/01/1915?)
Collector
Unknown
(01/01/1915?)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46-78-10/28121 | Purple Wampum ornament |
Bead
|
North America
| |
| 13-17-10/84626 | Wampum belt |
Belt
|
Brantford
| |
| 13-9-10/85339 | Wampum Beads |
Bead
|
North America
| |
| 46-78-10/28122 | Wampum ornament |
Bead
|
North America
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 99-12-10/53112.2 | Pipe with strings of wampum (stem) |
Pipe
|
North America
| |
| 41-72-10/24338 | Pieces of purple wampum from fragment of an old belt |
Bead
|
New York?
| |
| 12-37-10/84216 | Wampum necklace |
Bead
|
North America
| |
| 05-19-10/64717 | Message stick |
Special
|
Erie County
| |
| 03-9-10/62375 | Wampum belt |
Belt
|
Ontario
| |
| 90-17-10/51063 | Quahog shell for making wampum |
Shell
|
Great Shell heap
| |
|
| 41-72-10/24337 | Pieces of white wampum from fragment of an old belt |
Bead
|
New York?
| |
| 33-54-10/1556 | Purple Wampum Beads |
Wampum
|
United States
|