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Medieval Mound Builder Shell Beads

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Medieval Mound Builder Shell Beads
SOLD
200.00USD+ buyer's premium (40.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 13:11UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4274
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Title: Medieval Mound Builder Shell Beads
Description: Two strings of American Indian Mound Builder shell beads, from the Great Temple Mound, Spiro, Okla., 900-1500 A.D.: (1) single strand tubular shell beads, 58" long, and (2) string with tag reading “Small discs, Tub [sic – tube] ‘Wampum,’ 900 Years Old, Spiro, Okla.” about 36" long, collector's mark “IVN”? on one bead; includes tubular shell beads, one modern glass bead, and two 4” bone hair pipes (latter items not from Great Temple Mound). Illustrated in Opitz, p. 369, bottom left.
Low Estimate: 500
High Estimate: 700
Pedigree Collection: Ex R. M. Smythe & Co. Public Auction No. 149L, lot 3225, "pedigree uncertain."