Wampum necklace
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1825
name: label: Culture/People
content: Penobscot
label: Previous owner
content: Ada C. Sockbeson, Penobscot, 1879-1954
label: Collector
content: Frank M. Covert (F. M. Covert), Non-Indian, 1858-1929
label: Seller
content: Frank M. Covert (F. M. Covert), Non-Indian, 1858-1929
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly owned by Ada C. Sockbeson (Penobscot, 1879-1954) and said to have been in her family since about 1825; purchased by Frank M. Covert (1858-1929, a New York dealer) from Ada Sockbeson at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from Frank M. Covert circa 1906.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Old Town; Penobscot County; Maine; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Penobscot
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 8182
label: Barcode
content: 008182.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Wampum necklace
label: Media/Materials
content: Whelk shell beads (white wampum), quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum), cotton twine/string
label: Techniques
content: Side-stitched/Bias woven
label: Dimensions
content: 125 x 3.5 x 0.4 cm