Catalog says "Indian poh or gold"/STRUNG ON LEATHER
Collection
NATIVE AMERICAN
Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Needs to be Identified
Notes
Possibly Pomo if these are from F.M. Gilham
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Wampum
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Bead, Trade
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Money
Nomenclature Class
Exchange Media
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
from 1/16" to 1/2" diameter
Parts
Count
1
Material
CATLINITE, Leather
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Provenance
Notes
F.M Gilham sent a catalog to George with an image of wampum (all made by Pomo) and refers to the pieces of shell as "Injun Gold or Poh". This term, poh, does not seem to be incredibly prevalent and might be isolated to F.M. Gilham's use. The image in the catalog, however, does not match all the beads here. Gilham catalog is Vol I, pg. 178a and 178b. The wampum are referred to again in Vol I, pg. 168a and Vol I, pg. 177k
