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Grizzly Bear Claw Necklace
Nez Perce National Historical Park, National Park Service
Spalding, ID, United States
The grizzly bear is considered powerful in the natural world, and in the spirit world of the Columbia Plateau peoples. This necklace of grizzly bear claws, strung on a buckskin tie, symbolizes both the personal story of its owner and the spiritual significance associated with this remarkable animal.
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Details
- Title: Grizzly Bear Claw Necklace
- Contributor: Nez Perce National Historical Park, National Park Service
- Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/nepe/exb/dailylife/SpirtualWorld/NEPE1990_Bear-Claw-Necklack.html
- Source: Nez Perce National Historical Park
- Place Created: Plateau
- National Park Service Catalog Number: NEPE 1990
- Medium: Bear claw (Ursus horribilis), buckskin
- Measurements: L 45 cm
- Date: c 1900
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