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Object Number
38-44-10/12921
Display Title
String of prehistoric beads made from different sizes of fossilized crinoid stem
Descriptions
Object Description
String of prehistoric beads made from different sizes of fossilized crinoid stems
Inventory Description
Beads, ground stone (?), some discoidal, some tubular, some grooved perimeters
Classification
- Bead
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Southeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Tennessee
Materials
Stone/ Fossilized crinoid stem
Dimensions
Overall: 1.3 x 1.4 x 0.4 cm (1/2 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
85
Label on object
38-44-10/12921
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Richardson in memory of Theodore Jewett Eastman, Class of 1901, A.B. 1901, M.D. 1905, 1938
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(1888-1916)
Donor
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(05/02/1938)
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