Captain Tom's wife

Captain Tom's wife wearing a 10-yard necklace of 1,160 "money" beads made of clam (probably Saxidomis) and a deerskin girdle and headband decorated with abalone. Photo probably taken by A.W. Chase prior to 1874. (Sturtevant, William C., HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, Vol. 8 California, (Smithsonian Institute, Washington 1978))

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