NECKLACE

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

143-3174 Detail: Copyright: St. Joseph Museum Inc.; Resolution: 72 dpi
143-3174 Detail

Copyright: St. Joseph Museum Inc.; Resolution: 72 dpi

Name/Title

NECKLACE

Entry/Object ID

143/3174

Description

DEER PHALANGES/COWRIE SHELLS BETWEEN BONES/BROKEN**

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Plains

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Oceti Sakowin
Native American

Notes

The word, Sioux, is referenced. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples. RESEARCH NOTE: THIS ARTIFACT WAS NOT INITIALLY LISTED AS SIOUX IN THE INDEX, BUT WAS FOUND IN THE MISCELLANEOUS FILE. THORNBURGH DOCUMENTS IT AS SIOUX.

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

Dimensions

Length

15-1/2 in

Material

Bone, cowrie SHELLS

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Provenance

Notes

BEATRICE CREAMERY CO.; LINCOLN, NEB. VERN THORNBURGH HLG LEDGER VOL. II, p. 354K, ITEM # 5 INVOICE/LETTER DATE 12/18/1913 ALSO VOL.II, p. 255C W MORE DESCRIPTION, LETTER DATED 12/13/1913