Necklace
- Object Name:
- Necklace
- Object ID:
- 2017.014.012
- Place of Origin:
- Panama
- Date:
- 1852
- Description:
- Necklace, shell. Variety of sea shells on string loop, with conical sea snail shell hanging down at one point. Accompanying note reads, "String of sea shells made by / Indians - bought by A. J. / Stone at Isthmus of Panama / on his way, mining, to Calif. / in early 1850s. / ECS."
- Material:
- Shell
- Dimensions:
- W-0.7 L-48.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Andrew J. Stone while traveling to the California gold fields in 1852. Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.
The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley
- People:
- Stone, Andrew J. (1828-1864)
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