Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Lyons F. H. Delany (1880-1945, of Providence and Pawtucket, Rhode Island); donated to MAI by Lyons Delany in 1921.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Narragansett (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Lyons F. H. Delany (Lyons F. H. Delaney), Non-Indian, 1880-1945
- Donor
- Lyons F. H. Delany (Lyons F. H. Delaney), Non-Indian, 1880-1945
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1650
- Object Name
- Bead/beads
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Drilled
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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