Necklace

57-26-77

From: Northern Plains

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 57-26-77
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Crow (uncertain) (Culture) | Blackfeet (uncertain)
Provenience Northern Plains
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Glass | Fiber | Brass | Leather
Description

16 ropes of seed beads attached at each end to a fringed leather strip. Beads are wound on leather thongs of varying lengths increasing toward the bottom of the necklace. Beaded ropes are white with blue surrounding a center of larger, brass beads. One lower band in a different style with light blue, red, and dark blue beads, damaged on one side.

Length 47.5 cm
Width 92 cm
Credit Line Gift of the George Washington Memorial Museum, 1957
Other Number L-269-80 - Old Loan Number

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