 This form does not appear in any New York collections. The earliest unmistakable form was of copper wire, bent at an acute angle in the center, and having the ends bent into a flat coil. This done, the wire was hammered down to half its first thickness....  Metallic Ornaments of the New York Indians - Page 31by William Martin Beauchamp - 1903 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American Philosophical Society. Historical & Literary Committee - Delaware Indians - 1819 - 534 pages
...they deliver speeches. Her long plaited hair was confined by broad bands of silver, one band joining the other, yet not of the same size, but tapering...downwards and running at the lower end to a point. On the neck were hanging five broad belts of wampum tied together at the ends, each of a size smaller... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1833 - 250 pages
...they deliver speeches. Her long plaited hair was confined by broad bands of silver, one band joining the other, yet not of the same size, but tapering...downwards, and running at the lower end to a point. On the neck were hanging five broad belts of wampum tied together at the ends, each of a size smaller... | |
 | John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder - Algonquians - 1876 - 482 pages
...they deliver speeches. Her long plaited hair was confined by broad bands of silver, one band joining the other, yet not of the same size, but tapering from the head downing severely from the forays of this Delaware and his braves, Governor Denny, in 1756, set a price... | |
 | Bibliography - 1881 - 462 pages
...they deliver speeches. Her long plaited hair was confined by broad bands of silver, one band joining the other, yet not of the same size, but tapering from the head downing severely from the forays of this Delaware and his braves, Governor Denny, in 1756, set a price... | |
 | Science - 1903 - 572 pages
...The writer found this with fig. .221. Fig. 290 will illustrate how such fragments were used. It is a strip of brass with three perforations. Fig. 367...downwards, and running at the lower end to a point." Hcckeivddcr, p. 270 Loskiel said: "At feasts, their hair is frequently decorated with silver rings,... | |
 | Edwin MacMinn - Indians of North America - 1900 - 602 pages
...they deliver speeches ; her long plaited hair was confined by broad bands of silver, one band joining the other, yet not of the same size, but tapering...downwards and running at the lower end to a point ; on the neck were hanging five broad belts of wampum tied together at the ends, each of a size smaller... | |
 | America - 1920 - 196 pages
...they deliver speeches. Her long plaited hair was confined by broad bands of silver, one band joining the other, yet not of the same size, but tapering...downwards and running at the lower end to a point. On the neck were hanging five broad belts of wampum tied together at the ends, each of a size smaller... | |
 | David Ives Bushnell - Indians of North America - 1920 - 188 pages
...they deliver speeches. Her long plaited hair was confined by broad bands of silver, one band joining the other, yet not of the same size, but tapering...downwards and running at the lower end to a point. On the neck were hanging five broad belts of wampum tied together at the ends, each of a size smaller... | |
 | 1903 - 976 pages
...same purpose at an early day, but they are more likely to have been used in some other way. Glassand shell beads were also utilized for earrings, and probably...as many silver buckles as it will hold." Loskiel, 1 148. He adds, " They also decorate the lappets of their ears with pearls, rings, sparkling stones,,... | |
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