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1896.7.16

Four shell beads.

1896.7.16

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Collection type
Object
Description
Four shell beads.
Long description
Set of four beads, circular to disc-shaped, pale pink to pale green in colour; stored inside a metal glass-topped box.
Geographical reference
Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada
Cultural groups
Huron-Wendat
Person
Field collector Horatio Hale
PRM source Edward Burnett Tylor
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1896
Date collected
By 1896
Acquisition information
Donated: 02/1896
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Bead, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Diameter: max 8 mm bead
Object numbers
Accession number: 1896.7.16
Research and responses

See Biographies PRM database for further information on Hale. [MdeA 21/11/2000]

Ref. Hale, H. 1897. `Four Huron Wampum Records', Journal of the Anthropological Institute XXVI p 221 (copy in RDF); and Tylor, E.B. 'The Hale Series of Huron Wampum Belts (Notes and Addenda)'. Journal of the Anthropological Institute XXVI p 248

Search terms: Bead, Currency

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