Replica of the Hiawatha wampum belt Media/Materials Polymer clay beads, imitation sinew Techniques Loom beadwork Dimensions 72.0 x 14.0 x 0.5 cm Place New York; USA (inferred) See related items ...

Campaign organizers are planning a series of events around New York state this year to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the 1613 treaty between the Iroquois Confederacy and the Dutch.

In the 1600s, when the Wampanoag people on Cape Cod held ceremonial events, their leader, Metacom (aka King Philip), would have been a prominent stand-out, wearing an intricately fashioned wampum ...

It’s among the most precious wampum belts out there, but for more than a century since one man sold it – without permission from the community to which it belongs Two-Dog Wampum Belt to be ...

Each side held one end of the Two Row Wampum belt, signifying the treaty between the Iroquois and the Dutch, and having exchanged gifts, the chiefs then smoked a peace pipe with de Vos.

Before European colonists arrived on North American shores, the wampum belt of Long Island’s Unkechaug Indian Nation was esteemed among the nations for its quality. Now, a recently commissioned ...

For instance, one striking wampum belt inscribed to the Virgin Mary was created by newly converted Huron-Wendat people and given to a French church as a religious offering.

An Akwesasne artist making contemporary wampum belts says he thinks of strands of purple and white wampum beads as Morse code.The tubular beads made from quahog shells were used ornamentally or ...

Martin E. Sullivan, the former director of the State Museum who presided over the landmark return of a dozen wampum belts to the Onondaga Nation 25 years ago, died last week at his home in ...

An Akwesasne artist making contemporary wampum belts says he thinks of strands of purple and white wampum beads as Morse code.The tubular beads made from quahog shells were used ornamentally or ...