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1911.86.111

14 beads on a string: 12 shell beads and 2 stone beads

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1911.86.111

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Collection type
Object
Description
14 beads on a string: 12 shell beads and 2 stone beads
Long description
String of 11 shells (Olivella intorta Cypr), a circle cut from upper half of a shell (Olivella biplicata Sby) and 2 mineral beads. The beads are blue and green. [MJD 10/10/2014]
Geographical reference
United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
Western USA Arizona Maricopa County Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Reservation [Mohave- Apache Reservation] unnamed sites of old dwellings
Cultural groups
Yavapai
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1910
Date collected
1910 - 1911
Acquisition information
Donated: 1911
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Azurite Stone, Material Malachite Stone, Material String, Process Strung, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length 70 mm doubled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1911.86.111 Other numbers: Catalogue number 014
Research and responses

`Mineral beads' are blue and green glass. LM. 1990.

Search terms: Religion, Bead, Amulet

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