a) necklace of black and white glass trade beads with beaded tassels; complete l. 1.3M.; b) pendant with black, blue, red thunderbird design (thunderbird is Blackfoot design); glass beads; diam. 5 cm.
Donor:
Lucy W. Turner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moosonee, Ontario, Canada
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot and Cree
Collector:
Lucy W. Turner
Collection date:
May 1972
Materials:
Buckskin and Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 20, 1974
Context of use:
tourist item but worn on special occasions by Cree.