Necklace

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Object Details

Culture/People

Quechua

Seller

Josephine Morkill (Mary Josephine Wright/Mrs. William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1859-1943

Previous owner

William L. Morkill (William Lucius Morkill), Non-Indian, 1858-1936

Collection History

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William Lucius Morkill (1858-1936, who built and managed railroads in Mexico from 1901 to 1907 and in Peru from 1907 to 1919); purchased by MAI from his widow, Josephine Wright Morkill (1859-1943), in 1938.

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Catalog Number

19/9314

Barcode

199314.000

Object Type

Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name

Necklace

Media/Materials

Seed/seeds, cordage

Techniques

Strung

Place

Peru

See related items

Quechua

Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws628782604-b75b-4fe9-8299-07f1fdb4416b

Record ID

NMAI_212850