Necklace with the Chinese Characters "Good Fortune"
Cherokee
collected 1902-1904
Glass Beads and thread
Overall: 17 5/16 × 11/16 in. (44 × 1.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9926
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Native American
Not on view
Inscriptions
福 龍
Provenance
Unknown maker, "Oklahoma Cherokee Reservation"; collected by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Cherokee Oklahoma Reservation, Oklahoma, 1902-1904; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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