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Native American
Native American - Northeast and Southeast Woodland
Ceremonial Artifacts ➔ Rosary
Identifier:
165176Description:
This rosary is made of various glass, wooden, and bone beads and a carved wooden crucifix. The card accompanying the rosary reads: “Beads 9 - primitive type of rosary. Wooden well worn cross pendant. Beads are typical Indian trade beads. 3 rough opal, 4 blue, one large amber. 11 are wood or bone. 2 small black cut glass and one larger black cut glass. | The Hood Sale, E. Fulton St. GR, OIC, 9-24-49”.
Date:
before 1949Materials:
Glass, Wood, BoneCurrent Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift of the Estate of Dr. Ruth HerrickExhibits/Programs:
Anishinabek: The People of this Place (1995 – 2025)People of the Grand (1980 – 1994)
Anishinaabek: The Original People of This Place (after 2026)
Redesign of the Anishinabek: The People of this Place exhibit. Ideas for potential artifacts.
Related Entity:
Estate of Dr. Ruth Herrick (donor)Born on July 6, 1895 in Ohio, Ruth Herrick became known as one of the first women physicians in Michigan. She studied at the University of Chicago Medical College and at Blodgett Memorial Hospital. Afterwards she began her practice in 1931 in Grand Rapids. She was an avid collector and took a strong interest in archaeology, having lectured at the Greenfield Village Museum and wrote and published a book entitled "Greentown glass: the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company and allied manufacturers (1959)". In 1961 she cooperated with the Kent County Medical Society in compiling a historic medical collection. She retired in 1973 and later passed away after an automobile accident on June 7, 1974, with many of her assets bequeathed to the Public Museum.