Wampum belt
date: label: Date created
content: 2005
name: label: Culture/People
content: Unkechaug
label: Artist/Maker
content: Lydia Wallace-Chavez (Lydia Chavez), Unkechaug/Kainai Blackfoot (Kainah/Blood)
label: Seller
content: Wampum Magic
notes: label: Collection History
content: Based on the "Warrior's belt" that was presented by the Unkechaug to Governor Edmund Andros (1637-1714) of New York on April 17, 1676 during negotiations about whaling and fishing rights; purchased by NMAI from Wampum Magic (the artist's family company) in 2019.
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place: label: Place
content: Mastic; Suffolk County; New York; USA
label: Island Name
content: Long Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Long Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Unkechaug
label: See related items
content: Works of Art (Other)
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Native New York, Poospatuck (Ex02)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 27/398
label: Barcode
content: 270398.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Works of Art (Other)
label: Indigenous Term
content: amôtuwôkan
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Wampum belt
label: Media/Materials
content: Quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum), whelk shell beads (white wampum), imitation sinew
label: Techniques
content: Loom beadwork, tied, braided
label: Dimensions
content: 80 x 7.5 cm