Notes

This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=660 , retrieved 3-12-2012: Collar or necklace, Tlingit Museum collector George T. Emmons recorded that this colorful woman's collar, purchased in 1901, was "the beaded neck ornament of a basket weaver." The geometric patterning is unusual for Tlingit beadwork and may have been inspired by spruce root basketry designs or by Athabascan quillwork. The small "seed" beads on the collar itself are typical of the late 19th century, whereas the large round and faceted beads used on the dangles are at least half a century older.