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Object Number
30-69-10/K38
Display Title
Necklace of beef cattle's teeth
Descriptions
Object Description
Necklace of beef cattle's teeth; blue and yellow trade beads strung between teeth
Inventory Description
Necklace, animal teeth separated by blue and green glass beads, 3 amber colored
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
South Dakota?
North America / United States / North Dakota?
North America / United States / North Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms
Standing Rock Agency
Materials
Animal tooth, Glass, Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 81 x 4.5 x 1 cm (31 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
K38
Provenance
Collector
James McLaughlin
(1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary
Mary T. Hemenway
(1883 ca.)
Donor
Old South Church of Boston
(1930)
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