White Glass Bead
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Nov 1914
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. George G. Heye
label: Donor Name
content: George G. Heye
notes: label: Notes
content: From the repatriation case report: "A small white glass bead was found in the crypt of the left mandibular second molar [of catalog number P285344] during the process of radiographic examination of the dentition. It was removed, bagged separately for documentation and assigned SI catalog number A565520. This is a small glass disk-shaped bead of drawn manufacture that has a diameter of 2.75 mm and a length of 1.74 mm. The bead is opaque white (Munsell N9.25/) and has been heat rounded. It falls into Kidd and Kidd (1983) manufacture code IIa. The bead variety was made for many years and is not temporally diagnostic within the historic period. Because beads were typical of funerary objects placed with Native American burials during the early historic period, and were a common funerary offering among other burials at this site, this bead is considered an associated funerary object as defined by the repatriation legislation. According to Harding (2000:3) and images and tables supplied by the NMAI, 22 similar small white glass beads which were found with this burial are present in the NMAI's collections (03/7059)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Montague (near), Sussex County, New Jersey, 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: 057598
label: USNM Number
content: A565520-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bead
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 2.75 mm
label: Length
content: 1.74 mm