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Object Number 985-27-10/60263A
Display Title Wampum collar
Descriptions
Object Description Wampum collar, 1 of 2. Beaded onto string. Purple wampum background w/ white wampum creating designs of crosses and triangles. A: 28.5x4.2 cm; B: 22.8x3.3 cm.
Inventory Description Collar, rows of purple wampum, white wampum geo deco., braided string/thread
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Passamaquoddy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine
Dimensions Overall: 58.5 x 4.3 x 0.4 cm (23 1/16 x 1 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/60263a
Credit Line Bequest of William H. Claflin, Jr., 1985
Provenance
Owner Daughter of W. Wallace Brown (Unknown - Unknown)
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (01/01/1900-01/01/1950?)
Collector W. Wallace Brown (01/01/1875? - Unknown)
Previous owner Previously owned by Mary Mitchel Selmo (1904)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (01/01/1985)

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