Wampum Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Poor condition; probably of authentic Venus mercenaria shell; 6 strands. One of the sacred relics of the Delaware Indians."
label: Notes
content: The "poor condition" referred to in the original cataloguing is shown in old photo negative number 31181A. This piece has had conservation work done on it subsequently.
label: Notes
content: The definite (in some cases) and possible (in others) source of Delaware artifacts in the Evans collection is Richard Calmit Adams; see the remarks for E362061-0, E362062-0, E362064-0 and E362066-0, which can be traced to Adams.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Jan 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Delaware (Lenape)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E362065-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wampum