Wampum string
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Penobscot
- Previous owner
- Joseph Susep Sockalexis (Joseph S. Socklexis), Penobscot, b. ca. 1845
- Henry G. Bayer, Non-Indian, 1867-1934
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Joseph Susep Sockalexis (Penobscot, b. ca. 1845); acquired from him in 1901 by Henry G. Bayer (1867-1934, of Brooklyn, New York); acquired by MAI through an exchange with Henry G. Bayer in 1918.
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- Catalog Number
- 8/6523
- Barcode
- 086523.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Wampum string
- Media/Materials
- Quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum), cordage, ribbon, whelk shell beads (white wampum)
- Techniques
- Strung
- Place
- Penobscot; Hancock County; Maine; USA
- See related items
- Penobscot
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_93411
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b2e769cd-16e0-4b55-9b9e-a84b915e2aea
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