Necklace
| 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 |
| Length: | 44 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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.
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