Lenape (Delaware) "Penn" wampum belt

Item

Type
Wampum Belt
Title
Lenape (Delaware) "Penn" wampum belt

Rationale
Wampum belts can offer insight into Native American customs of diplomacy, trade, and spirituality, both between tribes and between Indigenous communities and White people.
Description
This wampum belt is believed to come from the Lenape nation (Delaware) and to be one of the original belts presented by the Lenape to William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. Tradition says that the belts were an offering from the Lenape as part of a peace treaty between William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, and Tamanend, a chief of the Lenape in 1683. The treaty was supposed to have taken place in the Lenape village of Shackamaxon on the shore of the Delaware River in what is now Philadelphia. Penn Treaty Park now stands in that location as a memorial to this treaty.
Date
1682
1680s
Place
Pennsylvania; USA
Subject
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Creator
Member of the Lenape (Delaware) nation
Extent
Physical dimensions: 107 x 13.70 x 63 cm
Digital dimensions: 788 x 588 pixels
Publisher
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Rights
The copyright and related rights status of this item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available (noted above in Publisher and Identifier) for more information.