Long necklace of elongated bone beads each separated by a round colored glass and metal beads with white claw or tooth as central pendant.
necklaces
glass (material)
Necklace
Note: "Indian Bead Belt/ + (ojibaway)/ Bone necklace/ (ILLEGIBLE)/ S.W. Phillips"
Tag: "391" (handwritten with ink and pencil)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
2407
Unknown
3/8 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.421
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