Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Nov 1935
name: label: Collector
content: Herman Schweitzer
label: Donor Name
content: Mary M. Walcott
notes: label: Notes
content: CONSISTS OF FIVE STRANDS JOINED TO A COMMON CORD FOR A DISTANCE OF 5 1/2 INCHES. DIAMETER OF SHELL BEADS IS 5 MM., THICKNESS 1 MM. AVERAGE. TURQUOISE MATRIX BEADS ARE OBLONG, AVERAGING 1 INCH IN LENGTH. PERFORATED NEAR ONE END. AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 3 MM. TURQUOISE BEADS ALTERNATE WITH SHELL BEADS AT THE RATIO OF ABOUT 1 TO 30 IN NONSYMMETRICAL ARRANGEMENT. MRS. WALCOTT OBTAINED THIS NECKLACE OF TURQUOISE MATRIX AND SHELL BEADS AT THE HOPI HOUSE AT THE GRAND CANYON. RESTRUNG BY THE SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLOS. SECURED BY MRS. WALCOTT FROM H. SCHWEIZER.RECENTLY RESTRUNG. Loan: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, May 18, 1964. Loan returned 2012.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hopi (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 136908
label: USNM Number
content: E373749-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Diameter - Shell Beads
content: 5 mm
label: Width - Beads
content: avg 1 mm
label: Length - Turquoise Beads
content: avg 3 cm
label: Height - Turquoise Beads
content: avg 3 mm