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LOT 335:
Grouping of Anastazi Shell Beads, Several Hundred Pcs
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Sold for: $1,400
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Grouping of Anastazi Shell Beads, Several Hundred Pcs
Large Grouping of Anastazi Shell Beads, Several Hundred pcs, Tin is 8 3/4" diameter by 1 1/2" tall Ex. Thunderbird Native American Museum NJ Dorothy Middleton Nelson was the founder, curator and proprietor of the Thunderbird Museum on Mt. Laurel Road during the 1930s through the 1960s. At one time it held one of the largest collections of Native American artifacts (nearly 50,000) in North America.Photo credit: "Dorothy’s Dream: Dorothy Middleton and her Indian Artifact Museum" by O. Kirk Spurr.Dorothy’s Dream, Dorothy Middelton and her Indian Artifact Museumby O. Kirk Spurr, PhDFor nearly fifty years Dorothy Middleton Nelson made her collection of Indian archaeological and ethnological materials–reputedly the fourth largest private collection in North America at the time
