Wampum belt
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1600
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Northeast (attributed)
label: Commissioner
content: John Tyzacke (John Tyzack), Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Karl May Museum
label: Possible owner
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
label: Museum agent
content: Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis), Non-Indian, 1876-1959
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but possibly commissioned by John Tyzacke (John Tyzack), who may have been associated with a Scottish family of glassmakers circa 1600; probably acquired at an unknown date by Patty Frank (Ernst Tobis, 1876-1959), an artist, collector, and historian who worked for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and contributed his collection to help found the Karl May Museum (Radebeul, Germany), where he served as curator until his death; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Karl May Museum in 1939.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Northeast Woodlands; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Northeast
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/898
label: Barcode
content: 200898.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Wampum belt
label: Media/Materials
content: Whelk shell beads (white wampum), whelk shell beads (white wampum), quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum), hide thong/babiche, sinew
label: Techniques
content: Loom beadwork
label: Dimensions
content: 9.1 x 111 cm