Wampum belt
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1670
name: label: Culture/People
content: Algonquin (Algonkin); collected from the Kahnawake Mohawk
label: Previous owner
content: Moses Stacey (Moses Stacy/Ma-is-ta-cu-te-tee), Mohawk [Kahnawake]
label: Collector
content: Harriet Maxwell Converse (Chief Harriet Maxwell Converse [Gayaneshaoh]/Mrs. Frank Converse), Non-Indian, 1836-1903
label: Previous owner
content: Harriet Maxwell Converse (Chief Harriet Maxwell Converse [Gayaneshaoh]/Mrs. Frank Converse), Non-Indian, 1836-1903
label: Previous owner
content: Joseph Keppler, Jr. (Udo J. Keppler/Gyantwaka), Non-Indian, 1872-1956
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Moses Stacey (Moses Stacy/Ma-is-ta-cu-te-tee, Kahnawake Mohawk); transferred to Harriet Maxwell Converse (Gayaneshaoh, 1836-1903) in 1901; transferred shortly thereafter to Joseph Keppler, Jr. (1872-1956, a long-time friend of George Heye); acquired by George Heye from Joseph Keppler in 1906.
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place: label: Place
content: Québec; Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Algonquin (Algonkin)
label: See related items
content: Mohawk [Kahnawake]
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: 9776
label: Barcode
content: 009776.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Wampum belt
label: Media/Materials
content: Quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum), whelk shell beads (white wampum), hide thong/babiche, cordage, pigment/pigments
label: Techniques
content: Loom beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 132.50 x 11.60 x 0.40 cm