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Object Number
30-69-10/K50
Display Title
Necklace of shell
Descriptions
Object Description
Necklace of shell. "Iroquois necklace."
Inventory Description
Necklace, 8 sections of dentalium shell separated by leather, leather ties
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms
Standing Rock Agency
Materials
Dentalium, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 3.4 x 0.5 cm (12 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-69-10/K50
Provenance
Collector
James McLaughlin
(1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary
Mary T. Hemenway
(1883 ca.)
Donor
Old South Church of Boston
(1930)
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