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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Beads
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:Dentalium shell
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:one bead: 1.1667 x diam 1/8 in.; 2.9634 x .3175 cm; string: 3/16 x diam 4 1/4 in.; .4763 x 10.795 cm
Accession Number:  MH 162.F
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. G. M. Smith
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Wampum beads of shell-like material, each approximately one inch long, slightly curved and hollow in the middle. Approximately ten beads are strung together; the other fifty-nine are loose.

Tags:
Native American; indigenous people

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