Prayer Beads
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description
content: These prayer beads were used by John Brenton Copp during the early late 19th century. The six wooden beads on a silk skein beads were made in Jerusalem around 1800. While often associated with the Catholic rosary, prayer beads have a long history across religions to help adherents focus on their prayers.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Israel: Jerusalem, Jerusalem
label: place used
content: United States: New England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006531
label: catalog number
content: 6531
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: beads, prayer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 1 in x 1 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 2.54 cm x 4.445 cm