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Image of Dentalium and bead necklace, ca. 1860
1951.9.E
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Dentalium and bead necklace, ca. 1860

Strings of beads and dentalium were often used for trade or sale between the Native community and the early European settlers.
ID Number: 1951.9.E
Date: Circa 1850-1870
Physical Description: 1 Necklace; glass, dentalium; 30 in.Long x .25 in.Diam
Credit: MOHAI, 1951.9.E. Smithers family
Subjects: Washington Territory, Indigenous Peoples, European American Settlement

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