Necklace

22350

From: United States of America | Montana (uncertain) | Fort Peck Reservation (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22350
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yankton (uncertain) | Sioux (uncertain)
Provenience United States of America | Montana (uncertain) | Fort Peck Reservation (uncertain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Glass | Sinew | Leather
Description

Glass beads strung on sinew in twelve horizontal strands, fastened equidistant between vertical strips of leather. The leather strips are all approximately 17cm long. The beads are a mix of small blue and white beads, long bugle beads in blue, green, and brown, and a separate central row of large black beads. There are two 29.5cm leather ties, one on either side of the necklace.

Length 17 cm
Width 40.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mary Yorke and Ellen McIlvaine Macauley, 1902

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