Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected before 1929 by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950); purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Penobscot
- Collector
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Seller
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Object Name
- Wampum string
- Media/Materials
- Whelk shell beads (white wampum), cordage, quahog clam shell beads (purple wampum)
- Techniques
- Strung
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
