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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.
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.
Hearst Museum object titled Key chain, accession number 1-259114, described as Cylindrical basketry pendant attached to metal split ring; tassels of buckskin, pine nuts, shells, and seed beads. Includes pony beads, abalone, olivella, dentalium shell, black commercially tanned leather, pine root, overlay of woodwardia and maidenhair fern and porcupine quill.
Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-4482, described as Juniper seed. Interspersed with dentalium shells.
Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-259113, described as Necklace. Dentalium, olivella (not biplicata), and glass beads on nylon filament. Pear shaped twined basket pendant. Basket materials include spruce root wefts with beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia fern, yellow dyed porcupine, and maidenhair fern overlay. Buckskin leather thong ties.

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