Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 26
l has a red hatwith fifteen red tassels on a gold cord, depending on eachside. The wampum belts of North America, were primarilyused as money, but they were also made sometimes in sucha way that they formed historical records. The true Six Nation wampum belts were made oflittle white and purple… … Fig. 10. -Portion of Xorth American wampumbelt. 14 THE BOOK: ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOlMENT. strips of leather, iind the design shows sometimes inpurple on a white ground and sometimes in white on apurple ground. The designs are sometimes easy to decipher, like the heltwhich typifies the Iroquois…
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