bead, shell, ornament

bead, shell, ornament

bead, shell, ornament

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Introduction

A concave shell bead with scratched marks; exchanged with the Fieldmuseum of Natural History, Chicago, part of Mr. Wyman coll., who got it from a Odawa burial near Cross Village, Lake Michigan.

Nation of Maker: Odawa
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

from a burial near Cross Village, Lake Michigan

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

catalogue card

Materials

quahog shell rachis

Techniques or Format

Made from a quahog shell, ground, scrached

Other Notes

probably hair ornament

Condition: good
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: IV-B-7570
GKS Reference Number: 541
Record Creation Context

Created by Nikolaus Stolle during a research visit to the museum commissioned by Ruth Phillips and supported by her research funds.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.3, -78.1