Blue and white glass seed beads woven on cotton thread. Flat geometric design. Horizontal net weave.
Donor:
Edward Briles
Collection place:
Alturas, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Alturas
Culture or time period:
Northeastern California tribes
Collector:
Rosa Gibbons Briles
Collection date:
1900-1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute) and Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
August 31, 1983
Context of use:
Made for tourist trade.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 9 centimeters and length 18 centimeters
Comment:
References: "Orchard, William C. "Beads and Beadwork of the American Indian", Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York, 1929, Vol. II, pp. 121-128.