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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, accession number 4-4784, described as Bivalve shell
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: Hearst Museum object titled Clam, accession number 1-2663, described as Bodega Bay clam.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Clam shell, accession number 6-15520, described as Clam shell
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: Hearst Museum object titled Mussel shell, accession number 4-4420, described as Large mussel shell, broken
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: Hearst Museum object titled Mussel shell, accession number 4-4860, described as Mussel shell with red paint and textile fragment (attached), and mixing stick.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Sample, accession number 4-4004, described as Spondylus shell, complete.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Sample, accession number 6-1998, described as White shell. Length 12 cm
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S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975)
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S1971-1972 #13: California State University, Sacramento (August 16, 1971–September 9, 1971)
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S1975-1976 #59: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Donna Garaventa (March 2, 1976–March 2, 1976)
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S1985-1986 #37: State Archaeology Lab/Peter Schultz (May 7, 1986–June 12, 1986)
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S1962-1963 #49: Sally Gosline (March 21, 1963–April 4, 1963)
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S1967-1968 #96: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Joel Grossman (February 22, 1968–February 22, 1968)
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S1968-1969 #22: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (September 18, 1968–September 18, 1968)
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S1968-1969 #78: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Alice Kalmer (February 4, 1969–June 16, 1969)
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S1970-1971 #117: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Carol Conti (April 20, 1971–May 5, 1971)
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