International Peace Belt
In the summer of 2003, Wendy Black Nasta (a Connecticut-based jewelry designer) and her apprentices Katie Rosenblatt and Margaret Sola began working on the belt.
They designed and built a sterling silver belt draped with coins and gems representing, to date, 155 countries.
[2] The following countries have coins incorporated into the belt: Afghanistan, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Bermuda, Belize, British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group 1961), Bangladesh, Chile, Columbia, Central Africa, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Denmark, Egypt, East Africa, East Caribbean States, Euro (1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent), Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Ghana, Germany, Hong-Kong, Honduras, Israel, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Magyar, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Philippines, Peru, Portugal, Pakistan, Sweden, South Korea, Singapore, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Africa, Yugoslavia, Zambia.
The following stones are incorporated into the belt: Amber, amytrene, amethyst, aventurine, aquamarine, agate, abalone shell (from the Siletz Tribe in Oregon), black onyx, bone, bear fetish (pipestone), bamboo coral, blue shell, carnelian agate, citrine, coral (Italian), carved wood, eilot, emerald, fluorite, goldstone, garnet, green onyx, green pearl, green tourmaline, hematite, hessonite garnet, iolite, jade (carved Buddha from Vietnam), jasper, jet, kyanite, lapis lazuli, lemon citrine, labradorite, mother-of-pearl carved fetishes, malachite, moonstone, peridot, pearls (white, grey, green, red, brown), quartz crystal, rutilated quartz, rainbow moonstone, rubellite, rose quartz, spectrolite, sodalite, scarab (from Egypt), sapphire, soapstone, smoky quartz, turquoise, tourmaline, tiger eye, vasuvialite, watermelon tourmaline, yellow onyx.
The belt would up being worn by a person from Ammachi’s ashram and led the peace procession of 150,000 people, thus taking on a life of its own.
