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Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 6-22109, described as beads: four carnelian, four cowrie, five shell disc, six of jasper (?)

Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 6-9091, described as Shell, length 4 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 6-2500, described as Shells: large cowrie. Small gastropod. Dynasty VI-IX (?) or Dynasty XVIII (?)

Hearst Museum object titled Shell beads, accession number 6-10477, described as Marine shell beads; one cowrie, six Nerita

Hearst Museum object titled Shell ornament, accession number 1-6707.2, described as Gifford shell type: H1a. Cowrie shell, natural shell opening, whole lip.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shells and shell fragments, accession number 1-6707, described as Whole and partial, cowrie type.

Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 5-228, described as Skirt, fringed leather w/ strings of snail and cowrie shells and glass trade beads; very poor condition

Hearst Museum object titled Worked shell, accession number 6-20600, described as Five cowrie shells, cut.

Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 6-22109, described as beads: four carnelian, four cowrie, five shell disc, six of jasper (?)

Beads

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Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 6-9091, described as Shell, length 4 cm.

Shell

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Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 6-2500, described as Shells: large cowrie. Small gastropod. Dynasty VI-IX (?) or Dynasty XVIII (?)

Shell

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Hearst Museum object titled Shell beads, accession number 6-10477, described as Marine shell beads; one cowrie, six Nerita

Shell beads

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Hearst Museum object titled Shell ornament, accession number 1-6707.2, described as Gifford shell type: H1a. Cowrie shell, natural shell opening, whole lip.

Shell ornament

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Shells and shell fragments

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Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 5-228, described as Skirt, fringed leather w/ strings of snail and cowrie shells and glass trade beads; very poor condition

Skirt

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Hearst Museum object titled Worked shell, accession number 6-20600, described as Five cowrie shells, cut.

Worked shell

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archaeology7 objects
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legacy documentation8 objects
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Africa6 objects
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Abydos region, Upper Egypt3 objects
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Current results range from 1899 to 1901

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George Andrew Reisner4 objects
Philip Mills Jones2 objects
Arthur S. Hunt1 objects
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Phoebe Apperson HearstRemove constraint Donor: Phoebe Apperson Hearst8 objects

Ancient Egyptian5 objects
Classical Civilizations5 objects
Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)5 objects
Egypt5 objects
Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)5 objects
19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)3 objects
New Kingdom of Egypt (1550–1069 BC)3 objects
Ramessid Period (1295–1069 BC)3 objects
18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)2 objects
20th Dynasty of Egypt (1186–1069 BC)2 objects

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Cowrie shellRemove constraint Materials: Cowrie shell8 objects
Carnelian1 objects
Glass (material) (beads)1 objects
Jasper1 objects
Leather1 objects
Nerita shell1 objects
Shell (animal material)1 objects
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Acc.54/56/63/1073 objects
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Current results range from 1902 to 1908

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[Missing]4 objects

2.1 Daily Garb1 objects

S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown)1 objects

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