Clear Yellow Glass Russian Trade Beads
Tlingit
Northwest Coast
19th century
Beads
Overall: 10 × 1/4 in. (25.4 × 0.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.22.17419
Geography
Place Made: Sitka, United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Course History
Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023
Provenance
Governor John Green Brady (1847-1918), Sitka, Alaska; given Frank C. (1850-1912) and Clara G. Churchill (1851-1945), Lebanon, New Hampshire, October 1905; given to present collection, 1946.
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