Amulet with coin pendant

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Amulet with coin pendant
Amulet with coin pendant
Datec. 1875
MediumLeather with glass beads, metal, and coin
DimensionsOverall: 19 in. × 3 1/4 in. × 1 1/4 in. (48.3 × 8.3 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.538
Not on view
DescriptionBeaded metal ring amulet with attached coin pendant with four beaded loops.

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Choker necklace with coin pendant
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Inscribed In ink on leather tie: NAPL 11
Beaded blanket strip
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Tanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.532
Belt
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather with beads
Object number: 1984.1.1a-b
Beaded pouch
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew and glass seed beads
Object number: 1984.534
Moccasins
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, porcupine quill, dyed horsehair-filled tin cone dangles, and cotton cloth
Object number: 1984.540a-b
Fragment of a beaded loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Knife Sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Awl case
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: 20th century
Medium: Glass beads, metal washers, brass US millitary button, cotton, thread
Object number: 2024.3.7
Textile fragments
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: date unknown
Medium: Linen
Object number: S2024.6.6a-d
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537