Beaded necklace from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A beaded necklace from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The single strand necklace is strung primarily with blue, white, and pearl colored seed beads. The seed beads are strung in small groupings separated by silvered, mauve colored, glass tube beads. At the front center of the necklace, the strands have been woven together into roughly a pendant shape. At the bottom of the woven pendant are three dangling strands of seed beads capped with rounded, gray glass beads and three larger Millefiori round glass beads. The Millefiori beads are primarily blue with a red floral pattern. The necklace has a gold spring ring clasp at the back center.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.7
objectType: label: Type
content: beads
label: Type
content: necklaces
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass with Venetian glass with string (fiber product) , brass (alloy) and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 3/16 × 2 1/16 × 3/8 in. (36 × 5.2 × 1 cm)