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Beads

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Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1920-1940

GUSN

GUSN-102910

Description

Twelve carved pierced ivory beads, four darker beads, eight white beads.

Details

Descriptive Terms

beads (pierced objects)
BEAD

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

2363

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

American [use]

Dimensions

ranges from 1/2 in to 9/16 in (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.377

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