National Museum of the American Indian
Shell for making purple wampum beads
Non-Indian · 1870-1890
Used in Campbell's Wampum Factory in Pascack, New Jersey (1780s-1880s); formerly owned by Fowler Bross (1873-1953) of Hillsdale Manor, New Jersey, whose ancestors worked in the factory; purchased by Carl F. Schondorf (1890-1949) of Paterson, New Jersey, from Fowler Bross at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Carl Schondorf in 1924.
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