bands, shell

bands, shell

bands, shell

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Introduction

Set of two bands strung with detalium shells. Made with eight warp sinew threads strung with shell, arranged in fifteen rows separated by strips of buckskin.

Materials

Dentalium shell, hide, sinew

Techniques or Format

Eight warp sinew threads with fifteen rows of detalium shell, each row separated by hide strips

Dimensions: 53 × 5 × 0 cm
Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 922.1.107
Collection at Current Location: Evelyn Johnson/Chiefswood Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1922
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Received from Miss Evelyn H.C. Johnson, 30 November 1922
Previous Collectors: Mr. and Mrs. George H.M. Johnson
GKS Reference Number: 45131
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, dentalium shell bands. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, Am.2144. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip October 2014; GRASAC item id 45131.

Record Creation Context

Visit to Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, ON) of Ruth Phillips, Heidi Bohaker, Paula Whitlow, Alexandra Nahwegahbow and Wahsontiio Cross, assisted by Trudy Nicks and Molly Minnick on 27-29 October 2014.

Approximate Place of Origin

45.6426, -85.036

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