Imitation bone beads; strung horizontally between leather strips; connected by blue glass beads; brass studded; trimmmed with alleged scalps; 1/4 of one section missing. Original entry: "Ornament of imitation dentalia" "Ornamented with parts of three Cree scalps
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada and Cree
Collector:
J. Disbury and Philip Mills Jones
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1903 and August 1901
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1983-1984 #4: City of Palo Alto (August 22, 1983–January 11, 1984)