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Object Number
99-12-10/53013
Display Title
Wampum Necklace
Descriptions
Object Description
Beads, wampum, strung cylindrical purple and white beads. Perhaps condolence wampum. Wampum was used as money in the past but now is used only for ceremonial purposes.
Inventory Description
Beads, wampum, cylindrical, perforated, purple and white, remnants of twisted fiber cordage, strung on monofilament
Classification
- Bead
Department
Ethnographic
Date
17th century
Culture
- Iroquois?
- Algonquin
- Oneida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Shell , Fiber
Dimensions
Overall (measured as displayed on mount): 62.7 × 19.3 × 0.4 cm (24 11/16 × 7 5/8 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-10/53011 | String of purple wampum |
Bead
|
United States
| |
| 99-12-10/53012 | String of wampum |
Bead
|
United States
| |
| 13-9-10/85339 | Wampum Beads |
Bead
|
North America
| |
| 41-72-10/24338 | Pieces of purple wampum from fragment of an old belt |
Bead
|
New York?
| |
|
| 41-72-10/24337 | Pieces of white wampum from fragment of an old belt |
Bead
|
New York?
| |
| 13-17-10/84626 | Wampum belt |
Belt
|
Brantford
| |
| 03-9-10/62375 | Wampum belt |
Belt
|
Ontario
| |
| 83-34-10/30393 | Wampum Belt |
Belt
|
Quebec?
Maine? New York? | |
| 99-12-10/53014 | String of white wampum |
Bead
|
New York?
| |
| 12-37-10/84216 | Wampum necklace |
Bead
|
North America
| |
| 06-4-10/65748 | Condolence string of Wampum |
Bead
|
Erie County
| |
| 19-22-10/93600B | String of Wampum |
Bead
|
Maine
|