Bead/beads (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- AD 1400–1750
- Culture/People
- possibly Iroquoian (archaeological) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Edwin C. Waters (E. C. Waters), Non-Indian, 1842-1939
- Seller
- Edwin C. Waters (E. C. Waters), Non-Indian, 1842-1939
- Collection History
- Probably collected or excavated in the 1880s by amateur archaeologist Edwin C. Waters (1842-1939, of Brantford, Ontario, and Auburn, New York); purchased by George Heye from Edwin C. Waters in 1910.
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- Place
- Brantford; Brant County; Ontario; Canada
- See related items
- Iroquoian (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 2/6485
- Barcode
- 026485.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_28127