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Object Number
38-44-10/12817
Display Title
Shell and bead necklace
Descriptions
Object Description
Breast ornament made of 3 strands of bone pipe-stem beads separated by 4 beads on a strand
Inventory Description
Necklace, 4 strands shells interspersed with shells, horse? tooth attached
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains
Materials
Shell, Bead, Twine, Horse tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 50 x 2 cm (19 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-44-10/12817
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(1888-1916 - ?)
Donor
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(1938)
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