Necklace

Museum number:
2-6798
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2991 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Bead necklace worn by women. 2 strands of red, white, blue, amber and clear glass beads.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Cook Inlet
Culture or time period:
Kenai Eskimo
Collector:
W. J. Fisher
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Worn by women.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 76 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-6798, described as Bead necklace worn by women. 2 strands of red, white, blue, amber and clear glass beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-6798, described as Bead necklace worn by women. 2 strands of red, white, blue, amber and clear glass beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-6798, described as Bead necklace worn by women. 2 strands of red, white, blue, amber and clear glass beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-6798, described as Bead necklace worn by women. 2 strands of red, white, blue, amber and clear glass beads.

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