Photographs (left to right): All Oatka Creek Park, New York

Wampum other than Belts Archive

 

Penobscot Necklace

See: W_Passamaquoddy Belt on Staff.html

NMAI Cat. No. 020079.000

 

Original Size:	Rows: 14. Length 62 cm. Length: 26.5 inches. Wampum on cordage
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Description:

Rare Penobscot Wampum Collar. Circa first half of 19th century or earlier. Wampum strung on hemp with severn pairs or diagonal lines and a corresponding number of crosses.

Provenance: Provenance: Dr. Frank T. Siebert Collection, acquired by Dr. Siebert in 1940; From the Estate of Francis Stanislaus, Sylvia Stanislaus shown wearing the necklace in a photograph taken in 1875, also pictured in a photograph of Mary Balase taken in 1865 at the age of 95. 

Previously illustrated in the National Museum of American Indian catalog no, 020079.000. Recently appraised at $20,000 to $30,000 and sold through the Skinner Auctioneers for $10,073.00.

Purchased 1908.

Reference:

Illustrated in American Indian Art magazine, Summer 2004, p. 66.

National Museum of American Indian catalog no, 020079.000