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Object Number 01-21-10/56806
Display Title Necklace of beads and dentalium shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, dentalia shells, glass beads, strung on cotton string, some beads face
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yakima
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Washington
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm (9 7/16 x 5/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 01-21-10/56806, 49cm [written on mount board]; 56806
Provenance
Collector Anson H. Currier (1882 - 1901)

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