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Puberty Necklace

Datec. 1880
DimensionsOverall: 13 × 8 × 3/8 in. (33 × 20.3 × 1 cm)
Object numberT0719
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis necklace is associated with young girls’ coming of age rites. The delicate amulets that hang from the necklace likely possessed power or granted protection for a young girl on the cusp of her childbearing years.
ProvenanceAlton L. Dickerman, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Miss Foster B. Dickerman, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Mrs. Alice Bemis Taylor, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Taylor Museum (4191), Colorado Springs, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.413.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 457.
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Basket
Chilcotin
c. 1880-1890
Summer Outfit
Gwich'in (Kutchin)
c. 1880
Outfit
Plains Cree
1830-1840
Spoon
Western Sioux type
c. 1890
Shaman's Figure
Tlingit
1850-1870
Pouch Panel
Wendat (Huron)
c. 1777
Bent-Corner Chest
Haida
1830-1860
Mask
Inupiat
1890-1910
Nepcetat Mask
Central Yup'ik
c. 1850
Baby Bonnet
Anishinaabe (eastern Ojibwa) or Odawa
1847-1854
Necklace
Apsaalooke (Crow)
1830-1860
Pouch
Odawa or cultural relatives
c. 1780

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