Necklace
70-9-798B
From: United States of America | North Carolina | Big Cove | Cherokee
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-798B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cherokee | Eastern Band |
| Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina | Big Cove | Cherokee |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Job's Tears Seed |
| Description | Seeds (coix lachryma) strung together to form necklaces. 3x5 index card in Frank Speck's handwriting accompanied object reads: "Coix Lachryma seeds strung on neck of child to stop crying and to cut teeth on. Big Cove Cherokee". Condition: Original string broken at many points, restrung on monofilament 4/91. To Registrar's for freezing 3/91. |
| Length | 44 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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