Beads (1 Lot)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Oct 1896
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. J. Walter Fewkes
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau of Ethnology
label: Site Name
content: Homol'ovi (Homolobi)
notes: label: Notes
content: Two necklaces of shell beads from Chavez Pass (A157854-0 and A157859-0), were exhibited in the “Hopi Snake Dance” case, which was on display in various Smithsonian halls from 1911 to 1988. In 2013, these two necklaces were found tangled together with two necklaces from the site of Homol'ovi. The catalog number tags were found detached from the objects and loose in the box. A note in the accession file from 1988, when the necklaces were removed from exhibit, states that the objects could not be re-matched to their catalog numbers since the beads were originally accessioned in archaeological “lots” without further description. In 2013, the necklaces were disentangled and one shell necklace was found to have the catalog number A157854 written on it, a match for Chavez Pass, and it was identified as a funerary object based on Fewkes' publication on shell. One stone necklace, A156887-0, was found to match the catalog description for beads from Homol'ovi and was reassociated with its catalog number. Without descriptive information from Fewkes or in museum records, two shell necklaces in the box could not be reassociated with their catalog numbers, which are A156759-0 (Homol'ovi) and A157859-0 (Chavez Pass). Since it is not possible to determine which of the two remaining necklaces is the one from Chavez Pass, it is recommended that the museum retain the necklaces at this time. -Melissa Powell, ANTH-REPATRIATION
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 50
place: label: Place
content: Winslow Near, Navajo County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 031151
label: USNM Number
content: A156887-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bead