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Object Number 99-12-10/53011
Display Title String of purple wampum
Descriptions
Object Description String of 358 purple wampum beads of a very standard size (6 mm long by 3 mm in diameter). At the place where the thread is knotted there is a small second loop of 3 beads. There is the possibility that this string of wampum was used as a money string. Wampum was used as money in the past but now is used only for ceremonial purposes.
Inventory Description Beads, purple wampum, tubular, 2 strands strung on sinew
Classification
  • Bead
Department Ethnographic
Date c. 1800-1850
Culture
  • Algonquin
  • Oneida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Shell, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 0.6 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm (1/4 x 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 300+
Label on object 99-12-10/53011
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner David Kimball (Unknown - 1873)
Owner Peale Museum (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector William Clark (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector Meriwether Lewis (Unknown - Unknown)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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