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Collector:
Capt. Charles F. Hall  Search this
Culture:
Eskimo  Search this
Object Type:
Bead
Place:
Northwest Territories, Canada, North America
Accession Date:
10 Mar 1871
Collection Date:
1821 to 1823
Notes:
FROM CARD: "TRADED FROM PARRY'S EXP. OF 1821-3. THE 6 RED AND THE 8 WHITE BEADS ARE THE ONES WHICH SUPPOSEDLY CAME FROM THE WM. PARRY EXP. 1821-23. THESE BEADS WERE GIVEN TO HALL BY KOU-LOU, THE ELDER SISTER OF KI-A, WHO HAD KNOWN THE WHITE MEN ON THE MELVILLE PENINSULA IN 1857. THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN TO KI-A BY THE OLD WIFE OF PA-PA WHOM HALL HAD LEFT AT THEIR WINTER QUARTERS (PROBABLY ON HIS PREVIOUS EXPEDITION IN 1861). INVENTORIED 1974. KOU-LOU SAID THAT THE BLUE BEAD ON THIS STRING HAD COME FROM AN OLD WOMAN TO WHOM HALL HAD GIVEN BEADS ON HIS ? 1861 EXPEDITION. (THESE NOTES ARE FROM AN ORIGINAL PAPER WITH HALL'S SIGNATURE WHICH HAD BEEN WITH THE BEADS AT ONE TIME.)
Record Last Modified:
9 Feb 2016
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
002043
USNM Number:
E10428-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35efb72a5-6989-4a74-95b8-7d2fd9b8b73d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8327772