Necklace

NA5774

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5774
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit (uncertain)
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Dentalium Shell | Glass | Skin
Description

Seven-strand necklace made with shells and glass beads strung with cotton thread and animal hide. Rows of long, dentalium shells are separated by different sequences of red, light blue, and dark blue glass beads. Segments of beads are separated from the shell by thin strips of hide. One end terminates in a braided cotton strap and the other end terminates in a hide strap.

Length 117 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917

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