Beads

Museum number:
2-9145
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Alternate number:
H-3 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.320
Description:
Small string of "wampum" or beads of purple and white marine shells.
Donor:
Mark R. Harrington
Collection place:
Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cayuga
Collector:
Mark R. Harrington
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
wampum".
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #33: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (November 18, 1975–November 24, 1975) and S1979-1980 #58: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/William S. Simmons (April 7, 1980–June 30, 1980)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 2-9145, described as Small string of "wampum" or beads of purple and white marine shells.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 2-9145, described as Small string of "wampum" or beads of purple and white marine shells.

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