Necklace

Museum number:
2-61998
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Alternate number:
106 (original number) and 11-989 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.18
Description:
2 strands of twisted cotton with some remnants of metal wrapping; carved dew claws, 3 small bird bones, 1 pig tusk, 1 brass tinkler, 1 talon (from bird of prey); all attached to cord with cotton string. Recataloged from 11-989.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Sisseton
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Zelia Nuttall
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
November 26, 1901
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
1 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-61998, described as 2 strands of twisted cotton with some remnants of metal wrapping; carved dew claws, 3 small bird bones, 1 pig tusk, 1 brass tinkler, 1 talon (from bird of prey); all attached to cord with cotton string. Recataloged from 11-989.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-61998, described as 2 strands of twisted cotton with some remnants of metal wrapping; carved dew claws, 3 small bird bones, 1 pig tusk, 1 brass tinkler, 1 talon (from bird of prey); all attached to cord with cotton string. Recataloged from 11-989.

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