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Catalog Number

CAS 1988-0008-0003   CAS 1988-0008-0003; Necklace
Category Basketry; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Necklace
Culture Hupa (copy)
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. California
County Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Margaret Mathewson
Date of Manufacture 1988
Collection Name N/A
Materials Cotton string; Raffia; Leather; Dentalium and Olivella shell beads; Glass beads; Dyed pine nuts
Description Single strand necklace (black and white glass beads, olivella and dentalium shell beads, dyed pine nut beads) on monofilament line with leather lacing ends; Basketry-style medallion done primarily in plain twining with 3-strand twining in center; Design includes black circle in center and black and white triangles around edge, forming negative center star; Beads repeated on 5 fringes.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 6.9, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 33.7