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18th June 2020
Categories: Visitor News
Image: Paula Peters, of Native American creative agency SmokeSygnals and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Nation
his Saturday 20 June, a special film The Making of the Wampum Belt will preview as part of the Mayflower 400 commemorative year.
The creation of a new Wampum Belt curated by The Box, Plymouth and Smokesygnals is one of the cornerstones of the 400th anniversary commemoration programme and is told through a powerful new short film this Saturday.
Four hundred years ago, the Wampanoag met the passengers of the Mayflower when they arrived on American shores, helping them survive the first winter.
Central to their culture was Wampum, which are of huge spiritual significance, made and woven onto belts with extraordinary skill.
In 1675-76, the attritional King Philip’s War was waged as the colonists killed thousands of Native Americans in their stand against the expansion into their lands.
Among the fallen was Wampanoag leader Metacom, known as King Philip. His Wampum Belt was seized, stolen and is still missing today.
To mark the 400 year commemoration, Wampanoag artists and scholars have created a new Wampum Belt in partnership with The Box, Plymouth that will tour the UK in a project of huge cultural significance. The exhibition, funded by Arts Council England, will tell the story of the Wampanoag and the making of this new belt.
This short film will play on the Mayflower 400 UK website and Facebook page at 5pm UK timeand midday EST on Saturday 20 June.
Watch via Facebook and the website and click here to discover other films in the Mayflower 400 digital series.
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