Wampum belt
date: label: Date created
content: 1612
name: label: Culture/People
content: Wendat (Huron)
label: Possible owner
content: A-to-wa To-ho-nad-he-to, Iroquois
label: Collector
content: Harriet Maxwell Converse (Chief Harriet Maxwell Converse [Gayaneshaoh]/Mrs. Frank Converse), Non-Indian, 1836-1903
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been purchased from A-to-wa To-ho-nad-he-to in 1903 by Harriet Maxwell Converse (Gayaneshaoh, 1836-1903); acquired by George Heye from an unknown source circa 1904.
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place: label: Place
content: Québec; Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Wendat (Huron)
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: 1855
label: Barcode
content: 001855.000
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: 78 x 6.4 x 0.3 cm