Wampum belt (Image withheld)
date: label: Date created
content: 1770-1775
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iroquois
label: Honoree
content: Catherine Douw Hoffman (Caty Hoffman/Mrs. Harmanus Hoffman), Non-Indian, 1751-1775
label: Previous owner
content: Volkert Petrous Douw, Non-Indian, 1720-1801
label: Previous owner
content: Anna Hoffman Ten Eyck (Ann Ten Eyck/Anna Hoffman McClelland), Non-Indian, 1774-1813
label: Previous owner
content: Harman Hoffman Ten Eyck, Non-Indian, 1794-1836
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend William Hoffman Ten Eyck, Non-Indian, 1819-1896
label: Previous owner
content: Louise Ten Eyck Elmendorf, Non-Indian, 1851-1917
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Ten Eyck Elmendorf, Non-Indian, 1880-1962
label: Previous owner
content: Katharine Elmendorf (Mrs. Ten Eyck Elmendorf), Non-Indian, b. ca. 1889
notes: label: Collection History
content: Presented by the Six Nations of Iroquois to Volkert Petrous Douw (1720-1801, mayor of Albany, New York, and an important figure in local relations with Indian people) following the death of his daughter, Catherine (Caty) Douw Hoffman (1751-1775); inherited through several generations in the Ten Eyck family: Anna Hoffman Ten Eyck (1774-1813), Harman Hoffman Ten Eyck (1794-1836), Reverend William Hoffman Ten Eyck (1819-1896); Louise Ten Eyck Elmendorf (1851-1917), and Dr. Ten Eyck Elmendorf (1880-1962); lent to MAI in 1922 by Dr. Elmendorf and his first wife, Katharine Elmendorf and never reclaimed.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: New York; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Iroquois
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 11/1829
label: Barcode
content: 111829.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Wampum belt (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Whelk shell beads (white wampum), quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum), hide thong/babiche
label: Techniques
content: Loom beadwork