Necklace
- Object Name:
- Necklace
- Object ID:
- 1999.033.05
- Creator:
- Carlson, Agnes
- Place of Origin:
- probably Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1923
- Description:
- "Honors" Necklace. Camp Fire Girls, made by Agnes Carlson, c.1923. Made of 84 wooden beads, mostly tubular and painted, on string. Necklace includes 10 different types of beads with like ones grouped together: 12 triangular cross-section tube beads, painted red, white, blue, rounded ends (7.5 linear inches); 21 round cross-section tube beads, painted orange (12 linear inches); 5 round cross-section tube beads, rounded ends, with a yellow tint (3 linear inches); 19 square cross-section tube beads, rounded ends, painted purple and dark purple (15 linear inches); 3 spherical beads with carvings, stained or painted dark brown (1 1/2 linear inches); 1 small ovoid bead with carvings stained/painted dark brown (.4" long); 3 lozenge shaped tube beads, painted blue (2 linear inches); 11 sphere beads, painted red (4.5" linear inches); 1 lozenge shaped tube bead, with yellow tint, with the words "SONG / CONTEST" on one side and a musical bar on the reverse (.5" long); and 8 square cross-section tube beads with concave sides, rounded ends, painted green (yields 6.5 linear inches). 27" long.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- W-27 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Agnes Carlson Davie
- People:
- Davie, Agnes M. (1907-2005)
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