Bead/beads (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- AD 1550–1700
- Culture/People
- probably Non-Indian (archaeological) (attributed); probably used by Native peoples of the Northeast
- Expedition
- Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition (1919)
- Expedition leader
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Expedition sponsor
- Samuel Riker, Jr., Non-Indian, 1868-1936
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1919 during the Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition, led by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee Samuel Riker, Jr. (1868-1936).
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- Place
- Tar Island; Leeds and Grenville United Counties; Ontario; Canada
- Island Name
- Tar Island
- See related items
- Non-Indian (archaeological)
- Northeast (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 9/3279
- Barcode
- 093279.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Copper
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_100100