Context (Field collection)
This collection was described by John M. Longyear III, Colgate University in 1962-1963 as ‘a quite complete archaeological assemblage for late prehistoric and early historic Iroquois of the Oneida-Onondaga variety. Almost all of the specimens were excavated from sites in Madison County in New York State, and range in date from about A.D. 1550 to 1650,’ further noting that most of the objects were ‘from graves and the rest from refuse deposits’ (see Doc.577).
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1963.91 A-D from Accessions Register: 'Stone, shell and glass beads'
Event Date 1963
Author: Stephanie Chinneck

Description (Physical description)
Description from catalogue card for 1963.91 A-D for 1963.91 D[.1-7]: 'String of assorted round glass trade beads, mostly longitudinally striped, blue and white, red and white, colourless and white. Also two black ?glass buttons.' Then in another hand, 'Not all are individually marked and not all are on strings.'
Event Date 1963
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Acquisition Details)
Acquired in 1963 as part of an exchange with Colgate University (now the Longyear Museum of Anthropology); MAA sent material from Papua New Guinea (Longyear Museum nos. OC1962.01.MAE - OC1962.27.MAE). See archive (Doc.577) for details.
Event Date 1963
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Analysis)
In June 2018 Dr Christy DeLair, Associate Curator at the Longyear Museum of Anthropology, visited the collection and identified it as ‘mainly archaeological material relating to the Haudenosaunee (likely Oneida)’.
Event Date 6/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Six glass trade beads, spherical in shape; one larger than the others, dark blue in colour with white stripes, broken; others blue or red with white stripes, one red bead appears to be two beads fused together.
Event Date 10/4/2025
Author: Stephanie Chinneck