Native American Encyclopedia Cumulative Index & Projects

Native American Encyclopedia Cumulative Index & Projects — page 7
8 project Design a Mock Wampum Belt Wampum belts are not only works of shaped from the quahog and conch shells art they are also forms of writing The first The wampum beads were woven into wampum belts were made of purple and patterns that tell stories or honor white wampum beads These beads were special events What You Will Need graph paper ruler pencil scissors colored markers tape DIRECTIONS I Decide how long you want to make your belt You can make the belt as long as you like by taping together pieces of graph paper at the ends 2 Decide how tall you want your belt to be from the bottom to the top If you want to make it shorter mark a horizontal line on your paper showing where you want the top of the belt to be 3 Use your ruler to measure the distance of this marked line from the bottom of your paper 4 Make a small mark along this top line every five inches from left to right 5 Cut along this line to shorten the height of your belt 6 Think about the geometric pattern you wish to make such as diamonds triangles and squares 7 Use your pencil to lightly mark the squares you plan to color You can easily erase these marks if you choose to change your pattern before coloring 8 Now color in your chosen squares Use as many colors as you like Read more about other wampum belts in Volume 4 page 5 and Volume 9 pages 24 and 29