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Bead

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Object Number:53-54-372
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: United States of America
Alaska
Knight Island
Yakutat Bay
Old Town
Culture Area: Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus: House 8, depth 33"
Period: Old Town II
Section:American
Materials:Copper
Length: 3.3 cm
Outside Diameter:0.7 cm
Credit Line:University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number:969 - Field No SF

Description

Fragmentary rolls of sheet copper, probably beads. Green. 2-ply twisted thread from at least one end. Organic matter inside and on surface, including a hair. Much corroded, treated with ambroid.

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