Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2007-0006-0002 | |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Necklace | |
| Culture | Koyukon Athabascan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Huslia | |
| Maker's Name | Selina Alexander (b. 1956) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 2007 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Smoked moose hide; Caribou hair; Glass or plastic beads; Dentalium shells; Thread | |
| Description | Necklace consisting of teardrop-shaped pendant of smoked moose hide that is decorated with a single brown and mustard-colored butterfly motif made of tufted and trimmed caribou hair, with its antennae made of small black beads; Edges of pendant are trimmed with amber-colored and black beads; Pendant is attached to pair of beaded strands whose segments comprise paired strands of black, yellow, and amber-colored beads alternating with single dentalium shell, with small bit of smoked moose hide forming a spacer at the bottom of each dentalium shell; Upper end of each beaded strand is attached to segment of hide thong, with both ends of each thong threaded through a larger gray stone (?) bead by which the overall length of the necklace can be regulated; Pendant is signed on reverse in ink, “By Selina 9-2007.” | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.7, Thickness = 1.1, Length = ca. 35.0 | |