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Dentalia shell necklace with shell and breast ornament
Object Number 38-44-10/12818
Display Title Dentalia shell necklace with shell and breast ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, dentalium shells separated by leather and brass, 1 conch disk center
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Plains
Materials Dentalium, Brass, Leather, Dentalium, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 31.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 cm (12 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-44-10/12818
Provenance
Collector Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (01/01/1888-01/01/1916)
Donor Mrs. Henry H. Richardson (05/02/1938)

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