Necklace Item Number: E430181-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
SINGLE STRAND NECKLACE OF MULTI-COLORED DRIED INDIAN CORN KERNELS AND PORCUPINE QUILLS STRUNG ON BROWN COTTON THREAD KNOTTED TOGETHER AT ENDS. PATTERN IS FIVE KERNELS, TWO QUILLS FORMING AN X, REPEAT. PURCHASED IN 1983 FROM IROQRAFTS, OHSWEKEN, SIX NATIONS RESERVE, ONTARIO, CANADA BY MS. E. BARRIE KAVASCH FOR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE (SITES) NATIVE HARVESTS EXHIBIT.
Item History
- Made in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
- Collected by Ms. E. B. Kavasch in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada during 1983
- Received from Sites Native Harvests on May 30, 1990
What
- Name
- Necklace
- Identification Number
- E430181-0
- Type of Item
- necklace
Who
- Culture
- Algonquin
- Field Collector
- Ms. E. B. Kavasch
- Received from
- Sites Native Harvests
Where
When
- Collection Date
- during 1983
- Acquisition Date
- on May 30, 1990
Other
- Accession Number
- 378691