Of blue, white and black glass beads; multiple strands braided together with one 5 cm glass light blue bead at bottom from which tassles of single strands of beads attach. Cotton thread.
Donor:
Guy J. Giffen and Helen Smith Giffen
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1940
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 58.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: Plate 5A "Holding bead necklace for sale to tourists" References: Kroebers Anthro Records Vol. 27, 1972 "More Mohave Myths