Bead/beads fragment (Image withheld)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1917 by archaeologist George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924, MAI staff member) on the estate of Joseph S. Auerbach (1855-1944) and retained by Mr. Auerbach; donated to MAI by Joseph S. Auerbach, probably in 1918.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1700
- Catalog Number
- 8/3739
- Barcode
- 083739.000
- Culture/People
- probably Lenape (Delaware) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Excavator
- George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924
- Previous owner
- Joseph S. Auerbach, Non-Indian, 1855-1944
- Donor
- Joseph S. Auerbach, Non-Indian, 1855-1944
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads fragment (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Place
- Joseph Auerbach Estate; Hewlett; Nassau County; New York; USA
- Island Name
- Long Island
- Island Grouping
- Long Island
- See related items
- Lenape (Delaware) (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_90265
