String of Beads
Trade Bead
Object Number: | 97-563-1108 |
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Current Location: |
Native American Voices Currently On Display |
Culture: | British |
Provenience: | United States of America Pennsylvania Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) Witmer's Farm |
Culture Area: | Northeast Culture Area |
Date Made: | 1640-1675 |
Early Date: | 1640 |
Late Date: | 1675 |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Glass |
Credit Line: | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number: | L-563-1108 - Old Museum Number 5453 - ANSP Number |
Description
49 strung trade beads.
"String of various beads. Long tubular twisted beads of clear glass, 1640-1674, of British origin?" John Witthoft
ANSP card calls for 97+5 spec. There are 45 miscellaneous beads, one broken one and one with incomplete hole. 5 tubular bead.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Lenape, The: Wanderers in Their Own Land (20 Jul 1982 - 20 Mar 1983) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania (13 Sep 2008 - 10 Jul 2011) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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