E0650: Beaded Decoration

Ethnographic

Identifier:
E0650
Classification Category:
3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Adornment
Materials:
animal ➔ hide/skin ➔ leather
metal
Dimensions:
72 cm L
2 cm W
Provenance of Object:
This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Source Locality:
USA
Description:
Possible an awl case consisting of leather rolled to a flat tube which is decorated with multi-colored beaads wrapped around the exterior.
Related Collections
Accession: 1996.ETHN62, 1/1/96
Donated by: Unknown
(1996.ETHN62)