Paiute Beaded Necklace

Jewelry

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Paiute Beaded Necklace

Entry/Object ID

NU 2021.37

Description

A long, white beaded necklace with red beaded diagonal stripes and black beaded square and zigzag pattern throughout the necklace.

Item Type

Necklace

Style

Native American

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Made/Created

Notes

According to previous documentation, was woven on a bead loom.

Jewelry Details

Beads

Material

Beads

Shape

Round

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Basin

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Paiute
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Necklace

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Object Number

Other Number

A 23

Number Type

Old Accession Number

Other Number

NH 3

Dimensions

Width

1-1/8 in

Length

27 in

Material

Beads, Fabric

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dr. Ethel Dana Atkinson

Notes

Donor

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Ethel Dana Atkinson

Owner/Agent

Dr. Ethel Dana Atkinson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Jan 5, 1967