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Necklace

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Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1870-1925

GUSN

GUSN-102215

Description

This necklace is composed of a series of strung seeds and beads. Four thin and flat brown seed beads alternate with one white oval bead in a repeating pattern. The clasp is either missing or the string is broken.

Details

Descriptive Terms

necklaces
seed
Necklace

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1666

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Hawaii

Dimensions

1/4 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.313

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