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Object Number 16-20-10/86717
Display Title Necklace of glass beads and dentalium shells with pendant
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, glass beads, dentalium shells and abalone pendant strung on thread
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 18.2 x 1.7 cm (11 13/16 x 7 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86717
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Emma Abbot Atwood (1898 ca. - 1916)
Donor Mrs. Emma Abbot Atwood (1898 ca. - 1916)

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