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Hearst Museum object titled Barrette, accession number 1-259107, described as Commercial metal barrette, beaded, rectangular; triangular design in red and white seed beads on red ground, outlined in black beads; dentalium shell, black beads, seed beads and pine nut pendants (5); buckskin backing for barrette.

1. Barrette

Bookmark Barrette, museum number 1-259107

Museum number:: 1-259107
Culture or time period:: Abenaki, Karuk, and Shasta
Object class:: Pine nuts
Maker or artist:: Josephine Grant Peters
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:: 1985
Dimensions:: width 2.6 centimeters and length 8 centimeters
Collector:: Margaret Mathewson
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1985
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-211491, described as Round, flat base, overall geometric design in shades of brown, remnants of dentalium shell and glass bead trim. Made with tule. Plain twined.

2. Basket

Bookmark Basket, museum number 1-211491

Museum number:: 1-211491
Culture or time period:: Klamath Lake and Modoc
Object class:: Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: height 13.5 centimeters and diameter 21.8 centimeters
Collector:: Salina Davidson
Collection place:: Central Oregon
Collection date:: unknown
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

3. Beads

Bookmark Beads, museum number 1-232358

Museum number:: 1-232358
Culture or time period:: United States Historic
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Production date:: Before 1917
Collector:: Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection place:: Petaluma, Sonoma County, California
Collection date:: Before 1917
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-1553a,b, described as Dentalium shell, one string. Worn possibly at Jump Dance or Deer Skin dance.

4. Beads

Bookmark Beads, museum number 1-1553a,b

Museum number:: 1-1553a,b
Culture or time period:: Yurok
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: b)— length 112 centimeters and a)— length 64 centimeters
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1901
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

5. Breastplate

Bookmark Breastplate, museum number 2-7287

Museum number:: 2-7287
Culture or time period:: Plateau cultures
Dimensions:: width 28.5 centimeters and length 23 centimeters
Collector:: Zelia Nuttall
Collection place:: Columbia Plateau, United States
Collection date:: unknown
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle and sunshade, accession number 1-148884a,b, described as a) Twined openwork basketry cradle; b) Basketry sunshade with black spot at center. Twined. Hazel shoot warp and weft. Decoration of Dentalium and Glycimeris shells, pine nut and glass beads.

6. Cradle and sunshade

Bookmark Cradle and sunshade, museum number 1-148884a,b

Museum number:: 1-148884a,b
Culture or time period:: Klamath River Tribes
Object class:: Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:: 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Dimensions:: a)— length 72 centimeters
Collector:: Emma Lang Morehouse and Herbert Harrison Morehouse
Collection place:: Crescent City, Del Norte County, California
Collection date:: 1904
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle basket model, accession number 1-233702, described as Basketry. Warp and weft both of hazel shoots. Handle at top has "mourning" cord wrapping. Attached decoration of limpet and dentalium shells, glass beads.

7. Cradle basket model

Bookmark Cradle basket model, museum number 1-233702

Museum number:: 1-233702
Culture or time period:: Karuk
Object class:: Baskets (containers) and Cradles (children's beds)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Dimensions:: length 32 centimeters and width 14 centimeters
Collector:: Mrs. Bringer
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1910
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

Hearst Museum object titled Doll, accession number 2-71751, described as Cheyenne “grandmother” doll. Leather stuffed doll w/ beaded features, painted facial marks, hair of horse-hair. Wears red “2-skin” style dress of wool. High, white leather mocassins and leggings. Dress decorated with leather knots on skirt, and bead on hem of blouse. Wears black cumerbund and bead necklace. Hair is in braids with danglers of dentalium shells [faux].

8. Doll

Bookmark Doll, museum number 2-71751

Museum number:: 2-71751
Culture or time period:: Cheyenne
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: Jane E. Gregory and Sarah J. Gregory
Collection place:: Great Plains, North America
Collection date:: 1989
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259302a,b, described as Miniature elk antler spoons. White, grey impurities marbled through the spoons. Carved at top with circles that have holes in them, followed by four triangles, two horizontal lines, then the bowl of the spoon. 7.8 cm long, 1 1/2 cm wide at spoon bowl, 0.2-0.7 cm wide at stem. Earrings came on card about a “Na ‘K’ Idil Yuy” necklace of dentalium. Card describes necklace. Made to sell.

9. Earrings

Bookmark Earrings, museum number 1-259302a,b

Museum number:: 1-259302a,b
Culture or time period:: Hupa
Object class:: Earrings (jewelry) and Miniature (size attribute)
Maker or artist:: Edward Chase
Collector:: Ira Jacknis
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259109a,b, described as Beaded earrings; square pendant with red, white, and black seed beads in geometric pattern; tassels (2) suspended with square with dentalium shell and seed beads; suspended from silver wire clips for pierced ears on duplicate of tassels beneath.

10. Earrings

Bookmark Earrings, museum number 1-259109a,b

Museum number:: 1-259109a,b
Culture or time period:: Paiute and Yurok
Object class:: Earrings (jewelry)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 11.5 centimeters
Collector:: Margaret Mathewson
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: unknown
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

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2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements16 objects
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers14 objects
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions9 objects
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama4 objects
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1.5 Household1 objects
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S1962-1963 #14: Samuel A. Barrett (September 24, 1962–October 11, 1962)4 objects
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S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)2 objects
S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)2 objects
S1961-1962 #81: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 22, 1962–May 22, 1962)1 objects
S1962-1963 #26: California State Indian Museum (November 15, 1962–October 7, 1964)1 objects
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S1966-1967 #25: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (October 31, 1966–November 2, 1966)1 objects
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S1970-1971 #146: Denver Museum of Natural History (July 23, 1954–July 3, 1973)1 objects

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