Wampum Belt Cobalt
$200.00
Wampum Belt Cobalt
This Wampum Belt Cobalt 5 Row Geometric Design features a repeating pattern . The crafter used glass Wampum Beads in White and Cobalt Blue and deerskin lacing to create the belt.
This handmade glass bead Wampum Belt Cobalt measures 26 Inches long x 2.25 inches wide. The fringe measures about 12 inches long on one side and 10 on the other.
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Native Americans who lived on the Northeast Coast created distinctive beads from the shells of the Quahog clam and Whelk snails. They called these purple and white beads wampum. Crafters strung early disc shaped wampum beads in simple strands. When tube shaped wampum beads made from shell and glass were available, they strung them together with a loom and made them into belts. Crafters created patterns by using one color bead as the background and the other for contrast. They used some of these belts to convey messages of war or peace. Wampum belts became symbols of status. You can wear a Wampum Belt 7 Row as a strap for a bag or as a sash.
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