Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900-1550 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- William E. Myer (William Edward Myer), Non-Indian, 1862-1923
- Previous owner
- William E. Myer (William Edward Myer), Non-Indian, 1862-1923
- Virginia F. Myer (Virginia "Jennie" Toney Flippin/Mrs. William E. Myer), Non-Indian, 1864-1949
- Seller
- Virginia F. Myer (Virginia "Jennie" Toney Flippin/Mrs. William E. Myer), Non-Indian, 1864-1949
- Seller agent
- William H. Myer (William Henry Myer), Non-Indian, 1886-1962
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of amateur archaeologist William E. Myer (1862-1923) and possibly excavated by him; purchased by MAI in 1927 from William E. Myer's widow, Virginia "Jennie" Toney Flippin Myer (1864-1949), through a sale arranged by their son William Henry Myer (1886-1962).
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- Place
- Wolf River; Pickett County; Tennessee; USA
- See related items
- Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 15/8021
- Barcode
- 158021.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_169085