Necklace

Museum number:
3-27253
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3057
Description:
Necklace, tiny snail shells, dyed blue, and green and gold glass beads. 5 doubled strands. L. 40 cm. Context of use: Part of woman's costume -- 3-27248-53. Not traditional--necklace that is considered part of the costume in the Patecuaro Lake area has red glass beads and a silver cross.
Donor:
Robert Miller
Collection place:
Michoacán, Mexico, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Michoacan
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Alma Capen and Robert Miller
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 36 centimeters and width 7 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight; attachments
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 3-27253, described as Necklace, tiny snail shells, dyed blue, and green and gold glass beads. 5 doubled strands. L. 40 cm. Context of use: Part of woman's costume -- 3-27248-53. Not traditional--necklace that is considered part of the costume in the Patecuaro Lake area has red glass beads and a silver cross.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 3-27253, described as Necklace, tiny snail shells, dyed blue, and green and gold glass beads. 5 doubled strands. L. 40 cm. Context of use: Part of woman's costume -- 3-27248-53. Not traditional--necklace that is considered part of the costume in the Patecuaro Lake area has red glass beads and a silver cross.

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