Beaded Collar, Ornamented, For Woman
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Mar 1901
label: Collection Date
content: 1900
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. George T. Emmons
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. George T. Emmons
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=660 , retrieved 3-12-2012: Collar or necklace, Tlingit Museum collector George T. Emmons recorded that this colorful woman's collar, purchased in 1901, was "the beaded neck ornament of a basket weaver." The geometric patterning is unusual for Tlingit beadwork and may have been inspired by spruce root basketry designs or by Athabascan quillwork. The small "seed" beads on the collar itself are typical of the late 19th century, whereas the large round and faceted beads used on the dangles are at least half a century older.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Southeastern, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 037750
label: USNM Number
content: E209557-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Collar
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 38.5 cm