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Object Number 985-27-10/59438
Display Title Sioux necklace. 4 strands of red trade beads and black faceted beads strung on b
Descriptions
Object Description Sioux necklace. 4 strands of red trade beads and black faceted beads strung on buckskin. Some blue beads at neck. Cloth bundle attached at neck. 57.9x6.8 cm.
Inventory Description Necklace, 4 strands black and red glass beads with fabric bundle one end
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 18 x 1.5 cm (22 1/16 x 7 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/59438
Provenance
Provenance Comes-Back-at-Night (1878-1893)
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (1930)
Collector William Radcliff Morris (1878-1893 - 1930)
Donor Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr. (1985)

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