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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