Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0005-0024 | |
Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
Object Name | Necklace (choker) | |
Culture | Northern Plains, probably Blackfeet | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | Plains area | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Porcelain beads; Brass (metal) beads; Rawhide; Trade cloth; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shell | |
Description | Five strands of rawhide strung with Czech pressed porcelain beads in alternating bands of blue and white; Choker is separated into four segments by pierced rawhide bands equal in width to the six rows; Medicine bundle of light and dark brown printed trade cloth attached to long rawhide lace tipped with two brass trade beads and a cowrie shell; Collected by American artist Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) prior to 1940. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.5, Thickness = 0.6, Length = ca. 33.0 |