Necklace
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (Sites)
label: Collector
content: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service (Sites)
label: Donor Name
content: Sites Native Harvests
notes: label: Notes
content: FIVE MELON SEED NECKLACES MADE BY BERTHA HERRARA, COCHITI PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO. ALL FIVE HAVE SAME PATTERN; FIVE SEEDS, EIGHT GLASS BEADS, REPEAT. STRUNG ON NYLON THREAD, SEWN TO LEATHER THONG. ACQUIRED BY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) FOR NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT IN 1983.1/5 (L. 40 CM.) PATTERN OF FIVE GREEN DYED SEEDS, EIGHT YELLOW BEADS, REPEAT. LEATHER THONG KNOTTED AT BACK.2/5 (L. 36 CM.) PATTERN OF TWO UNDYED SEEDS, ONE BLUE DYED SEED, TWO UNDYED SEEDS, EIGHT LIGHT BLUE BEADS, REPEAT.3/5 (L. 38 CM.) PATTERN OF ONE RED DYED SEED, THREE UNDYED SEEDS, ONE RED DYED SEEDS, EIGHT WHITE BEADS, REPEAT.4/5 (L. 38 CM.) PATTERN OF TWO ORANGE DYED SEEDS, ONE BLUE DYED SEED, TWO ORANGE DYED SEEDS, EIGHT WHITE BEADS, REPEAT.5/5 (L. 37.5 CM.) PATTERN OF FIVE RED DYED SEEDS, EIGHT WHITE BEADS, REPEAT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 May 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cochiti
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378691
label: USNM Number
content: E430186-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 5
content: 40 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 5
content: 36 cm
label: Length - 3 Of 5
content: 38 cm
label: Length - 4 Of 5
content: 38 cm
label: Length - 5 Of 5
content: 37.5 cm