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Necklace
- Culture: Navajo, Native American
- Medium: Shell, stone, string
- Place Excavated: Red Rock, Arizona, USA
- Dates: late 19th century
- Dimensions: necklace: 16 1/2 in. L (32.0 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm) looped string: 8 1/2 in. L
- Collections: Arts of the Americas
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 03.325.3738
- Credit Line: Museum Expedition 1903, Museum Collection Fund
- Catalogue Description: This necklace is composed of one long string of larger shell pieces as well as multiple smaller, flat, beads. Through this string is looped another, shorter strand composed completely of different shell pieces: striated brown interspersed with round, yellow stone beads in sets of 2. 3 of these beads are incised with a dotted circle design. It has number 1367 on it.
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum