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54
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archaeology
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Federated States of Micronesia
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Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
3,762
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Yap Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
3,715
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Kanifay municipality, Yap Island, Yap State
1,596
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Malaay village, Kanifay municipality, Yap Island
1,586
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Gilmaan municipality, Yap Island, Yap State
1,569
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Guroor village, Gilmaan municipality, Yap Island
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Edward W. Gifford
4,469
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Delila S. Gifford
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
545
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Bruce D. Lawes
14
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Bronislaw Malinowski
13
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Joseph H. Travers
2
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Jackson R. Myers
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst
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V. L. Rambithi
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
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Viking Fund Incorporated
717
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Arnold R. Pilling
44
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H. R. Balfour
44
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University Appropriation
15
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Bronislaw Malinowski
13
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Saul H. Riesenberg
10
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Redding Museum of Art and History
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William Russell Bascom
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William Henry "Harry" Close
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Yap
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Melanesian cultures
733
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Fijian
724
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Fijian cultures
724
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Aboriginal Australians
61
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
61
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Tiwi people (N20)
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Shell (animal material)
54
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Seashell
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@shell and shell material
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Acropora
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Anadara antiquata
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Chicoreus ramosus
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Septifer bilocularis
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Arca
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Fragum unedo
5
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Miniaceoliva miniacea
5
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Modiolus auriculatus
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Spondylus sinensis
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Tridacna noae
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Acc.1187
3,751
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Acc.916
716
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Acc.1150
44
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Acc.2006
13
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Acc.1146
10
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Acc.4599
6
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Acc.2059
4
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Acc.4576
3
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Acc.1695
2
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Acc.2084
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8.3 For Manufacturing
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2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
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1.1 Hunting and Fishing
1
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1.5 Household
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1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
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1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
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7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
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S1958-1959 #1: California Academy of Sciences/Alan E. Leviton (April 8, 1958–1958)
7
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S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)
2
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S1976-1977 #70: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Karen Nero (April 13, 1977–April 14, 1977)
2
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S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986)
2
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S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987)
2
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S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987)
2
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S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986)
2
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S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
1
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S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966)
1
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S1964-1965 #4: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 14, 1964–August 21, 1964)
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone shell, museum number 11-12010, described as Abalone shell
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: Hearst Museum object titled Barnacle fragment, museum number 11-32331, no description available.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, museum number 11-12025, described as Bi-valve with spiny back
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, museum number 11-12026a,b, described as Bi-valve
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, museum number 11-40069a,b, no description available.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, museum number 11-12031a,b, described as Bi-valve, pearl shell like
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, museum number 11-12021a,b, described as Species
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell (mussel), museum number 11-12020, described as Mussel shell
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: Hearst Museum object titled Clam shell, museum number 11-12371, described as Clam shell
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: Hearst Museum object titled Clam shell, museum number 11-44041, no description available.
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Abalone shell
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Barnacle fragment
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Bivalve shell
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Bivalve shell
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Bivalve shell
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Bivalve shell
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Bivalve shell
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Bivalve shell (mussel)
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Clam shell
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Clam shell
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