String of Beads
Trade Bead
97-563-1107
From: North America | United States of America | Pennsylvania | Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) | Washington Boro | Witmer's Farm
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-1107 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | North America | United States of America | Pennsylvania | Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) | Washington Boro | Witmer's Farm |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1700-1750 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Glass | Shell |
| Description | String of 75 glass trade beads and 2 shell beads - total 77 beads. "Mixed string of tubular beads, die-drawn ones are of early 1700's, heavier ones are of 1640-75" J.W. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-1107 - Old Museum Number | 5452 - ANSP Number |
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