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Object Number
40-79-10/22533
Display Title
Bear claw necklace with bands of blue beads around bases.
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, 11 bear claws strung on hide thong, 2 wrapped withbeaded hide
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Picuris
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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New Mexico
/
<County>
/
<City>
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Pueblo of Picuris
Materials
Bear claw, Glass, Hide
Dimensions
Overall: 22.8 x 22.8 x 4.2 cm (9 x 9 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-79-10/22533
Provenance
Collector
Capt. John G. Bourke
(1869-1880)
Donor
Mrs. Sarah Bourke James
(1940)
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