Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1927 and 1930 by Joy Barber Woodson (1904-1983) or her husband William Irvin Woodson (1900-1972, an executive with Texaco) when they lived in Panama; inherited by their daughter Sara Lucy Woodson Sabatelli (1942-1997); donated to MAI by Mrs. Sabatelli in 1985.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Guna (Kuna)
- Collector
- Joy Barber Woodson (Joy Belle Barber/Mrs. William Irvin Woodson), Non-Indian, 1904-1983
- William Irvin Woodson, Non-Indian, 1900-1972
- Previous owner
- Joy Barber Woodson (Joy Belle Barber/Mrs. William Irvin Woodson), Non-Indian, 1904-1983
- William Irvin Woodson, Non-Indian, 1900-1972
- Sara Lucy Woodson Sabatelli, Non-Indian, 1942-1997
- Donor
- Sara Lucy Woodson Sabatelli, Non-Indian, 1942-1997
- Date created
- circa 1920
- Object Name
- Necklace
- Media/Materials
- Silver coin/coins, glass bead/beads, cordage
- Techniques
- Drilled, strung, knotted, tied
- Dimensions
- 93.5 x 3.3 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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