Belt- Wampum 3 Row

Wampum 3 Row Belt

This Belt – Wampum 3 Row features a repeating  pattern that creates a clean, balanced look. The crafter used glass wampum beads in white and transparent blue and paired them with smoked deerskin lacing to form the belt. This handmade glass‑bead wampum belt measures 42 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. The deerskin leather‑lacing fringe measures approximately 15 inches long.

One of a Kind!

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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