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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
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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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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+162.F

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