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Catalog Number

CAS 1988-0005-0024   CAS 1988-0005-0024; Necklace (choker)
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