Pendant (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- AD 1600–1700
- Culture/People
- probably Cayuga (archaeological) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Dr. Frank C. Smith (F. C. Smith), Non-Indian, 1858-1927
- Previous owner
- Dr. Frank C. Smith (F. C. Smith), Non-Indian, 1858-1927
- Donor
- Dr. Frank C. Smith (F. C. Smith), Non-Indian, 1858-1927
- Expedition leader
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Expedition
- Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition (1919)
- Expedition sponsor
- Samuel Riker, Jr., Non-Indian, 1868-1936
- Collection History
- Excavated by Dr. Frank C. Smith (1858-1927, of Fleming, New York) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Dr. Smith in 1919 during the Samuel Riker, Jr. New York State Expedition, led by Alanson Skinner and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee Samuel Riker, Jr. (1868-1936).
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- Place
- Grave; Mead Farm (Old Town, East Cayuga); Fleming Township; Cayuga County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Cayuga (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 9/4549
- Barcode
- 094549.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Pendant (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Bear tooth/teeth
- Techniques
- Perforated
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_102133