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Wampum belt
Maker
Inconnu / Unknown
Marks or LabelsNon marqué / Unmarked
Date
1760-1815
Medium / Technique
Shell: northern quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria), knobbed whelk (Busycon Carica); bone; hide: leather; fibre: hemp; pigment: vermillion
Cut, polished, pierced and assembled
Cut, polished, pierced and assembled
DimensionsWith fringes: 7.5 × 0.4 × 122 cm (width x depth x length)
Without fringes: 7.5 × 0.4 × 89.3 cm (width x depth x length)
CultureIndigenous: Huron-Wendat
Geocultural Area
Eastern Woodlands
Origin
Wendake, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberM20401
CreditGift of Mrs. Walter M. Stewart
Status
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Object/Image
Online Collections | McCord Museum - Montreal Social History Museum 
Nicolas Vincent Tsawenhohi holding the wampum symbolizing the alliance between the British crown and the Seven Nations of Canada
Edward Chatfield
1825
M20855
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