Beads

Item number 3058/6 a-d from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

54 beads strung on a metal wire, with metal clasp at one end and loop on the opposite. Each bead is carved from tusk and shaped into a oblong orb. The surface of the beads has been polished to a shine. Colour varies in each bead, and is often mottled, from dark amber to light yellow. (Part b is a detached bead. Parts c-d are the old clasp: two round plastic tube-shaped pieces that screw together, and each has a hole in the end.)

Narrative

Collected by Alan Deacon between 1936 and 1940 at Coppermine. The beads were originally threaded on seal sinew, but were restrung without the original clasp when the sinew deteriorated.