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Collection: Warnock
Item Number: WC8308071
Category: Wristband - Wampum Wristbands
Region: Northeast
Tribe: Iroquois
Period: 1775-1800
Materials: Purple and white Quahog shell wampum; native tanned hide lacing.
Description: Trapezoidal shaped armbands decorated with three crosses on white shells against a purple shell background. Twisted hide fringe formed from weft strands hang from each side.
Dimensions: Height 6.5 inches width 8.75 inches; height 16.5 cm width 22.2 cm.
Provenance:
Charles Messiter Collection
Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.
Exhibitions:
Akicita, The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, May 17, 1983 - July 10, 1983
References:
Sotheby's Auction Catalogue, Sotheby's, New York, Sale 4842Y, Lot 276, April 24, 1982
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