Child's necklace worn to prevent nosebleeds
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Nanticoke
- Collector
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Seller
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Collection History
- Collected by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950), probably in 1911 or 1912; purchased by George Heye from Frank Speck in 1912.
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- Date created
- 1900-1910
- Catalog Number
- 3/2470
- Barcode
- 032470.001
- Object Type
- Medicines/Remedies
- Object Name
- Child's necklace worn to prevent nosebleeds
- Media/Materials
- Corn kernel/kernels, thread
- Techniques
- Strung
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 17.5 cm
- Place
- North shore of Indian River Inlet; Indian River Inlet; Indian River Hundred; Sussex County; Delaware; USA
- See related items
- Nanticoke
- Nanticoke
- Medicines/Remedies
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Return to a Native Place
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_34532
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62cc2518c-2072-469e-9885-7be434450363
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