Necklace

Museum number:
2-13413
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
180 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.639
Description:
Necklace or breast ornament; 8 rows of red, white and blue beads with rawhide reinforcements at regular intervals.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Alaskan Interior, Unknown Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
; Arctic Circle
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1929
Context of use:
Burial.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 4 inches and length 20 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-13413, described as Necklace or breast ornament; 8 rows of red, white and blue beads with rawhide reinforcements at regular intervals.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-13413, described as Necklace or breast ornament; 8 rows of red, white and blue beads with rawhide reinforcements at regular intervals.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-13413, described as Necklace or breast ornament; 8 rows of red, white and blue beads with rawhide reinforcements at regular intervals.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 2-13413, described as Necklace or breast ornament; 8 rows of red, white and blue beads with rawhide reinforcements at regular intervals.

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