Wampum belt
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1680
name: label: Culture/People
content: Lenape (Delaware)
label: Previous owner
content: William Penn, Non-Indian, 1644-1718
label: Previous owner
content: J. Merrick Head (John Merrick Head), Non-Indian, ca. 1843-1915
label: Auction venue
content: Christie Manson & Woods Limited (Christie's), 1859-
label: MAI agent
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Presented by the Lenape to William Penn (1644-1718), the founder of Pennsylvania, as part of a land sale or treaty in the 1680s; taken or sent to England and kept as property of the Penn family at Pennsylvania Castle, their estate in Portland, England; acquired by John Merrick Head (ca. 1843-1915) in 1887 when he purchased Pennsylvania Castle and its contents; sold at an auction of Penn items from Merrick's estate in July 1916 by Christie, Manson & Woods of London; purchased from the buyer at that sale by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London"), who was acting for MAI, in 1916 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Pennsylvania; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Lenape (Delaware)
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: 5/3151
label: Barcode
content: 053151.000
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, cotton twine/string
label: Techniques
content: Loom beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 76 x 11.5 cm