Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly owned by Mrs. Spalding; probably from her by Reverend Henry Clarkson Meredith (1861-1908, a collector and amateur archaeologist in the Stockton, California, area) at an unknown date; purchased by Henry K. Deisher (1867-1951, the owner of a textile mill in Kutztown, Pennsylvania) from Reverend Meredith at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from Henry Deisher in 1915.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Great Basin (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Mrs. Spalding, Non-Indian
- Reverend Henry Clarkson Meredith (H. C. Meredith), Non-Indian, 1861-1908
- Seller
- Henry K. Deisher (H. K. Deisher), Non-Indian, 1867-1951
- Previous owner
- Henry K. Deisher (H. K. Deisher), Non-Indian, 1867-1951
- Date created
- probably 1650–1850
- Object Name
- Bead/beads (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Dentalium shell/shells
- Techniques
- Cut, drilled
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
