Grizzly Bear Claw Necklace
Date:
c. 1830
Medium:
Otter pelt, grizzly bearclaws, glass beads
Dimensions:
16 15/16 inches (43 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase
Object number:
81.461
The horseshoe-shaped necklace is made of thirty grizzly bear claws, separated by large blue faceted necklace beads and attached to a foundation which is wrapped with otter fur. The otter fur is decorated with three beaded rosettes composed of concentric rings of various colors of beads sewn onto a red cloth backing.
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