Tagged with Wampanoag

Photograph of two women looking at a historic wampum belt laid out on a table

Behind The Scenes, 24 July 2019: Wampum Belt Research Visit

BLOG POST - 24 July 2019: Find out about a research visit to the British Museum that took place this spring to help inform our 'Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America' project.

Photo showing a close up of a quahog shell on a beach

Behind The Scenes, 22 July 2019: Wampum Belt Partnership Project

BLOG POST - 22 July 2019: Get an update about the unique wampum belt partnership project that The Box is leading on with the Wampanoag and a number of UK organisations.

Wampanoag Cooking Pot - March 20192. Courtesy of SmokeSygnals

Friends support The Box’s Native American art commission

PRESS RELEASE - 28 March 2019: The Friends of Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery (FPCMAG) have donated £2500 to The Box for its first-ever work by a Native American artist.

The Box, Plymouth restores the document allowing the Mayflower passengers to settle in America

PRESS RELEASE - 26 February 2019: Thanks to a partnership with Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, one of the most significant pieces of Anglo-American history has been conserved so it can travel to Plymouth, Devon for the first time.

Cooking Pot - Native American artist commission

New piece of Native American art commissioned for Mayflower 400

PRESS RELEASE - 4 December 2018: The first commission for The Box’s major ‘Mayflower 400: Legend and Legacy’ exhibition is its first-ever work by a Wampanoag artist. Ramona Peters, who specialises in traditional ceramics, will create a new cooking pot based on historic Wampanoag designs.