Wampum Beads
Unknown people (California culture)
California culture
Glass beads and shell beads (wampum) on commercial thread
Overall: 33 7/8 in. (86 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Winthrop Nazro, Class of 1924
44.19.8909A
Geography
Place Made: Catalina Island, United States, North America
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: California Culture
Funerary Objects
Not on view
Provenance
Winthrop Barrett Nazro (1900-1988), Winthrop, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1944.
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