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: Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 2-4404, described as Spear thrower or harpoon point storage container?. Walrus tusk modified with grooves along the edges and 2 hollows in the center. Outline and head of seal-like animal incised on outside surface. Perforations for eyes. Incomplete.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 2-14323, described as Made of birch-bark with square bottom, oval top, incised design of zigzags and arrowheads; rim has orange and natural spruce root sewn design.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 7-4154, described as Wood contained; egg-shaped; turned, incised painted; varicolored scene with buildings. 1 3/4 inches diameter x 2 1/8 inches high
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S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)
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S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
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S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
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S1957-1958 #2: University of California, Riverside (April 2, 1958–November 25, 1958)
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S1964-1965 #97: First Savings and Loan Association (May 20, 1965–June 7, 1965)
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S1967-1968 #71: California State University, Chico/Keith Johnson (January 8, 1968–May 2, 1968)
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S1970-1971 #149: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (June 25, 1971–July 9, 1971)
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S1983-1984 #60: Pacific Heritage Museum (July 15, 1984–February 14, 1989)
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S1985-1986 #8: Oakland Museum of California (September 16, 1985–April 16, 1987)
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S1956-1957 #3: Education Department (UC Berkeley)/Patricia Hughes (July 17, 1956–April 1, 1957)
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