| Maker(s): | Anonymous
| | Culture: | Native American
| | Title: | Necklace
| | Date Made: | 1890s to early 1900s (possibly, or earlier)-present
| | Type: | Adornment
| | Materials: | blue, red, white, and black glass beads, dentalium shell, abalone
| | Place Made: | United States; Canada; Columbia River Plateau; Northern Plains; California Coast; Northwest Coast; Inuit
| | Measurements: | diameter 14 in; 35.56 cm, pendant 3 in x 1 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 4.445 cm
| | Accession Number: | SC 1960.144
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Charlotte Heussy McAllister, class of 1930
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
This necklace is a fairly common example of trade-era adornment, consisting of large and small glass beads (received via Russian and European sources), dentalium shells (harvested from the sea floors of the coastline from Alaska to California--though most common around Vancouver Island), and a blue/green abalone pendant (which likely originated from the California coast). Strung in an alternating pattern, this piece of jewelry represents multiple trade routes for coastal materials that spanned the entire Northwest Coast and well into the interior. AP2018
Tags:
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