bead;
wampum
- Museum number
- Am1938,0311.6
- Description
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Three strings of largely purple wampum shell beads, joined at the top with a smoked skin tab, the three ends also ending in small pieces of skin. The twine is of a commercial black variety. The configuration of the beads is bottom to top: a] 51p; b] 35p, 1w, 8p, 1w, 4p; c] 35p, 1w, 17p.
- Dimensions
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Length: 31.50 centimetres
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Width: 2 centimetres
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Depth: 0.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The wholeplate negative from the period 1938-1960 includes this string in the middle. See no.2 in collection for comments re. attached labels etc.
Additional description etc. by JCK 17/10/1995
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1938
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1938,0311.6