Description:

Native American, North America, Southwestern Arizona, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A collection of 7 bracelets carved from clam shells into a continuous bangle and mounted in a modern display case. The largest bracelet has a shell carved into the hinge (the connecting area between a clam shells), and the others are pierced with a hole through the hinge. Stippled and linear motifs are etched into the bands on several. The Hohokam culture evolved in the deserts of southern Arizona, extending southward into extreme northern Mexico and northward as far as Flagstaff Arizona. They often traded with other southern and coastal tribes to acquire large pieces of shell since the type of mollusk commonly used in this type of jewelry, Glycymeris gigantea, is only found along the Pacific coast of Baja and Mexico. Size of bracelet: 3.5" Diameter (8.9 cm); case: 14" L x 10" W (35.6 cm x 25.4 cm)

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Provenance: Private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000

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  • Condition: Not examined outside of case. Natural ossification and pitting to shells, but otherwise intact. Mounted in a modern wood frame under glass.

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