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Object Number 2004.29.6089
Display Title Iroquois Wampum belts at Onondaga
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Onondaga, Iroquoian. Iroquois Wampum belts at Onondaga; No.2 45 x 196 = 8,820; No.6 15 x 571 = 8,565 beads; No.4450 x 205 = 10,250 beads; No.7 described in Clarks Hist. Onondago 1,126; See Clarks Hist. of Onondaga Co. N.Y. 1,124. See Clarks Antiquarian 11,228; See 2nd Annual Rept Bureau of Ethnology 248; Presented by (Genl) John S.Clarke, Auburn, NY, March 23, 1885."
Department Photographic
Date 1885
Culture
  • Onondaga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New York
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 21 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1

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