Photographs (left to right): All Tioga, Pennsylvania
Anishinaabe
BLM Ethno Am 6992
British Museum London, London, England
Drawing: R. D. Hamell
December 15 2021
Original Size: |
Rows: 3. Length: 21.5 cm; 8.5 inches |
Reproduction: |
Rows: 86 and 82. |
Beads: |
Glass |
Materials: |
Description:
Translucent blue glass bead bands with interwoven white, open glass bead crosses, 3 rows, L: 21.5 cm and 20.7 cm,
edges wrapped, neck strap of pectoral, BML Cat. No. Ethno Am+6992, presented to the Christy
Coll. by Sir A. W. Franks in 1893, acquired from Pickering Coll. (cf.: King 1982: 54)
Reference:
Stolle, Nickolaus. 2016. Talking Beads: The history of wampum as a value and knowledge bearer, from its very first beginnings until today. Hamburg, Germany. ISSN 1437-7837