Necklace
- Museum number:
- 1-259137
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010259137
- Accession number:
- Acc.4585
- Description:
- Commercial silver chain with clasp; free-floating decorated dentalium shell, pine nut, ceramic bead, braided bear grass pendant, seed bead and glass bead, abalone shell fragment, sliding on chain. Hupa friendship necklace.
- Donor:
- Margaret Mathewson and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Northwestern California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Northern California; Northwestern California
- Culture or time period:
- Hupa
- Maker or artist:
- Dolores Clarke
- Collector:
- Margaret Mathewson
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Taxon:
- Dentaliidae
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Necklaces and Pine nuts
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Context of use:
- Hupa Friendship Necklace.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- length 29 centimeters
- Comment:
- From the exhibit text, June, 1993: "Basket makers at the turn of the last century were experimenting with new basketry forms such as covered bottles, coasters, napkin rings, and waste paper baskets. Many of these objects were made for sale to non-Indians. since the 1950's newer, innovative forms such as basketry necklaces, earrings, and key chains have become popular. Native Californians wear these proudly, in addition to making them for sale. Miniatures are another basketry form that has become popular over the past century.
- Legacy documentation:
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