Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased from the artist by Emil Her Many Horses (Oglala Lakota, NMAI staff member) in 2003.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Yurok
- Artist/Maker
- Mel Stokes, Yurok, 1945-2017
- Seller
- Mel Stokes, Yurok, 1945-2017
- NMAI agent
- Emil Her Many Horses (EHMH), Oglala Lakota [Pine Ridge]
- Date created
- 2003
- Object Name
- Necklace and storage pouch
- Media/Materials
- Abalone/Haliotis shell, glass bead/beads, glass pony beads, deerhide/deerskin, satin, twine/string
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled, polished, strung
- Dimensions
- 62.5 x 21.5 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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