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Beaded Necklace

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Date
prior to 1970
Material
hoof; bone; skin
Catalogue Number
103.01.3017
Description
Short hollow bones strung on leather thong (50.0 cm long) with dew claws (deer? elk?) spaced between each group of two bones. A hoof tip with two cowrie shells hangs from the centre.
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Title
Beaded Necklace
Date
prior to 1970
Material
hoof; bone; skin
Dimensions
8.0 x 31.0 cm
Description
Short hollow bones strung on leather thong (50.0 cm long) with dew claws (deer? elk?) spaced between each group of two bones. A hoof tip with two cowrie shells hangs from the centre.
Subject
Indigenous
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.3017
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