Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but possibly collected by Leddra Wood Watkins (1923-1904, a farmer in Scipioville, New York); formerly in the collection of his daughter Mary Louise Watkins Pattington (Mrs. Franklin Mark Pattington, 1859-1925); donated to MAI by Mrs. Pattington in 1924 in memory of Leddra Wood Watkins.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Cayuga (archaeological) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Leddra Wood Watkins (Ledra Watkins), Non-Indian, 1923-1904
- Previous owner
- Mary Louise Watkins Pattington (Mrs. Franklin Mark Pattington/Mrs. Paddington), Non-Indian, 1859-1925
- Donor
- Mary Louise Watkins Pattington (Mrs. Franklin Mark Pattington/Mrs. Paddington), Non-Indian, 1859-1925
- Honoree
- Leddra Wood Watkins (Ledra Watkins), Non-Indian, 1923-1904
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1725
- Object Name
- Bead/beads
- Media/Materials
- Olivella shell/shells
- Techniques
- Perforated
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
