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Native American
Native American - Northeast and Southeast Woodland ➔ Shell Beads (Wampum)
Identifier:
113296Description:
These shell beads, also called wampum, are from a belt from the Great Lakes Woodland culture. Wampum is a Native American word for shell beads. Carved from the blue and white shell of the quahog clam, wampum was used by Great Lakes Natives for barter, or, when arranged in specific patterns, to convey messages or record stories.
Date:
circa 1700Materials:
Quahog ShellCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift Of Estate Of David Walcott KendallExhibits/Programs:
Anishinabek: The People of this Place (1995 – 2025)People of the Grand (1980 – 1994)
Anishinaabek: The Original People of This Place (after 2026)
Redesign of the Anishinabek: The People of this Place exhibit. Ideas for potential artifacts.
Related Entity:
Estate of David Wolcott Kendall (donor)David Wolcott Kendall was born in 1851 to a father who was a cabinetmaker in Rochester, New York. David learned the trade and in 1879 he joined the Phoenix Furniture Co., in Grand Rapids, MI, becoming one of the major furniture designers of the era.
His version of the Morris Chair became known as the “McKinley Chair” after President William McKinley selected one for installation in the White House. Kendall was also credited with developing an office chair that revolves and reclines.
He died February 16, 1910, in Mexico City, while on a tour of inspection and study of architecture. In 1928 his second wife Helen gave the money in his memory to establish Kendall School of Art and Design. The David Wolcott Kendall Memorial School was housed in the old Kendall homestead at 145 Fountain Street.
(Sources: https://devkcad.ferris.edu/uploads/docs/1978_History_of_Kendall.pdf; David Wolcott Kendall (1851-1910) - Find a Grave Memorial
