Wampum belt
date: label: Date created
content: 1600-1650
name: label: Culture/People
content: Wendat (Huron); collected from the Wyandot
label: Previous owner
content: Chief Silas Armstrong, Wyandot, 1810-1865
label: Previous owner
content: Zalinda Hunter Armstrong, Wyandot, ca. 1821-ca. 1900
label: Previous seller
content: Zalinda Hunter Armstrong, Wyandot, ca. 1821-ca. 1900
label: Previous owner
content: Walter C. Wyman (Walter Channing Wyman), Non-Indian, 1850-1927
label: Seller
content: Walter C. Wyman (Walter Channing Wyman), Non-Indian, 1850-1927
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Silas Armstrong (Principal chief of the Wyandot in Kansas, 1810-1865); purchased by Walter C. Wyman (1850-1927, a Chicago area dealer and collector) from Armstrong's widow, Zalinda Hunter Armstrong (Wyandot, ca. 1821-ca. 1900); purchased by George Heye from Walter Wyman circa 1907.
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place: label: Place
content: Indian Territory; Kansas; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Wendat (Huron)
label: See related items
content: Wyandot
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Nation to Nation, Two Ways of Being
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/2132
label: Barcode
content: 012132.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Wampum belt
label: Media/Materials
content: Whelk shell beads (white wampum), quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum), hide thong/babiche, cordage
label: Techniques
content: Loom beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 95.00 x 15.00 x 1.50 cm