This photograph shows various pieces of a necklace found on a skeleton. This unique archaeological find was a necklace composed of dog's teeth, money cowry shells, fish vertebrae, glass beads; and a large reddish-orange carnelian bead in the center. When excavated the exact pattern of the components of this necklace could be not be ascertained but all items were found on or near the area of the burial's neck. See images Newton001 and Newton005.

Jerome S. Handler, "An African-Type Healer/Diviner and his Grave Goods," International Journal of Historical Archaeology 1, 2 (1997): p. 91-130.

English

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Newton004

Caribbean--Barbados

"Necklace, Newton Plantation Slave Cemetery, Barbados", Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African Diaspora, accessed December 1, 2023, http://www.slaveryimages.org/s/slaveryimages/item/2269