Necklace, choker style; pink, blue, yellow and red glass beads in diamond design; total length ca. 47 cm. Necklace made-for-sale; said to be based on net placed around neck of newborn baby “to catch the cold” i.e. prevent cold.
Donor:
Lucy W. Turner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Culture or time period:
Cree
Collector:
Lucy W. Turner
Collection date:
1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Accession date:
February 20, 1974
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)