April 5, 2024
Wampum Beadwork Legging Ties Woodland Native Longhunter
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WAMPUM BEADWORK LEGGING TIESI recently completed this matching pair of wampum legging ties woven in the traditional manner using a heavy linen flax cording as the warp and a sinew material for the weft securely locking each bead in place. This pair of legging ties or garters is used just below the knee to help support the wool or deerskin leggings worn by the various woodland Indian tribes and by early colonial longhunters, scouts, and frontiersman. This pair is made two beads tall and measures 3/4 inch in width by 13 1/2 inches in length including the deerskin tabs at the ends. The lacing is left long for securing below the knee. This pair is has a color scheme of a dark blue background with a white pattern. I use an imported glass wampum bead made from the same Czechoslovakian producer of 18th century wampum. These items are hand crafted historically authentic to that era. The business has been owned by the same family since its days as a leading manufacturer of trade beads. The Czech plant produces the glass wampum on the same machines used over 200 years ago. Why glass instead of authentic clamshell wampum? Glass is and was cheaper than shell and as such, found a large market in the Americas allowing trade of the new wampum beads to flourish. As glass wampum became readily available as a trade item, more Indian people utilized
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