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Start Over Culture or time period Northern California tribes Taxon Dentaliidae
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Hearst Museum object titled Face wiper, accession number 1-1677, described as Bone, flat, elliptical; dentalium shell carrying handle tied to bone through pierced hole at one end.
Hearst Museum object titled Hair tie, accession number 1-11712, described as Old strip of mink (?) fur, ornamented with dentalia tipped with woodpecker feathers.
Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 1-2183, described as Single strand of cooked Olivella shells, blue snail shells, Dentalium with deer belly and woodpecker, leather ties at each end; single Dentalium shells suspended ⅓ of way from each end.

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