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Phoebe Apperson Hearst
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Bronislaw Malinowski
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Ellsworth La Boyteaux
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Klaus Koch
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Acc.18
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1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
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5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
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5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
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S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)
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S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
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S1929: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–1945)
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S1963-1964 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (November 14, 1963–January 7, 1964)
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S1961-1962 #25: Department of Geography (UC Berkeley)/D. I. Blumenstock (November 15, 1961–November 15, 1961)
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S1962-1963 #34: Department of Anthropology (SF State University) (January 12, 1963–January 28, 1963)
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S1963-1964 #24: Oakland High School/Milo S. Popovich (October 11, 1963–November 15, 1963)
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S1967-1968 #31: University of California, Irvine (September 26, 1967–December 28, 1967)
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S1967-1968 #76: University of California, Davis (1968–unknown)
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S1970-1971 #5: Dallas Museum of Art (August 20, 1970–December 18, 1970)
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