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bead
(?)
Object Type
bead
(?)
Museum number
Am1900,-.200.a-c
Description
Group of three dentalium shells (used as beads ?).
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Klamath
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
R W Summers
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Klamath Lakes
Found/Acquired:
Oregon (state)
(SE)
Materials
dentalium shell
Dimensions
Length:
1 inches
(shells)
Curator's comments
Freer label: "970. Dentalium Shells Wampum beads obtained of Modocs. Klamath Lake S. E. Oregon July 2 1876 by RWS". /// Ethnography Department Christy Collection registration Slip: "Three dentalium shells. Dentalium shells wampum beads obtained of Modocs Klamath Lakes S.E. Oregon July 2 1876 by RWS". /// Described as "wampum beads" on Registration Slip, but they have nothing to do with wampum according to JC King (10/1995).
Bibliographic references
Cawley 1994 / Indian journal of Rev. R. W. Summers: first episcopal priest of Seattle (1871-73) and McMinnville
(p. 115)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Rev Selwyn C Freer
Acquisition date
1900
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1900,-.200.a-c
Additional IDs
CDMS number:
Am1900C3.200a-c
(old CDMS no.)