string of beads

string of beads

string of beads

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Introduction

String of Italian glass beads brought from Europe by the British for trade, possibly with the Seneca. Collected by Dr. Oronhyatekha; acquired by the ROM in 1911 from the Independent Order of Foresters.

Nation of Maker: Other
Nation of Origin

Possibly from Morano, Italy (April Hawkins, GRASAC ROM video)

Materials

Round beads - 17 blue beads; 9 amber beads; 3 turquoise beads; 7 clear beads; one larger white bead; 27 black.

Techniques or Format

Strung on a thread by museum or collector. Order: royal blue, amberish, turquoish, clearish, black. Black are strung from smallest to largest.

Other Notes

Strung for storage, "waiting to be used": LD/DJ.

Dimensions: 45 × 0 × 0 cm
Condition: Black still have a good finish, but others look like they have lost their sheen. Glass disease on about 20 of the beads in center.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Published in F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection, 1904

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 911.3.35
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Independent Order of Foresters
Publication History

F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904), p 56, Item 361. "String of Large Coloured Glass Beads. English importation for trading with the Indians - later period."

GKS Reference Number: 1226
How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, string of beads. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, 911.3.35. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1226.

Record Creation Context

Record created during a GRASAC trip to Royal Ontario Museum December 15 to 19, 2008. Present in the archaeology lab: Lewis Debassige (LD), Heidi Bohaker (HB), Stacey Loyer (SL), Darlene Johnston (DJ) and April Hawkins (AH).

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6511, -79.347

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