Necklace

Date created
1969
Culture/People
Mohawk
Artist/Maker
Margaret Hill Wilson (Mrs. Duffy Wilson), Mohawk, 1926-2006
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB agent
Nancy Engle, Non-Indian
IACB source
Margaret Hill Wilson (Mrs. Duffy Wilson), Mohawk, 1926-2006
Collection History
Purchased by Nancy Engle (Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York) from the artist on behalf of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place
Lewiston; Niagara County; New York; USA
See related items
Mohawk
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/1251
Barcode
261251.000
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Object Name
Necklace
Media/Materials
Glass bead/beads, commercially tanned leather, felt, thread
Techniques
Lazy/lane stitch beadwork, gourd stitch/brick stitch/netted beadwork, stitched
Dimensions
41.4 x 7.0 x 1.0 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c0c3bb17-547e-4fa6-ae40-6bdc85045a92
Record ID
NMAI_277348