This necklace is composed of purple-dyed seeds alternating with silver seed beads. It closes with a hook.
necklaces
seed
metal
Necklace
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
1667
Unknown
Hawaii
5/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.314
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