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: Hearst Museum object titled Coin weight, accession number 5-14599, described as Coin weight; amethyst glass; inscription of obverse; reverse plain. Diameter 1.6 x 1.4 cm Weight: 1.04 gm. Diameter: 16 mm.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Coin weight, accession number 5-1489, described as Glass coin weight; dark purple color; translucent. Obverse: inscription in center. Reverse: blank. Diameter: 1.5 cm. Weight: 1.53 grams.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Coin weight, accession number 5-14603, described as Coin weight; pale yellow/clear glass. Double dirhem weight; 5.90 grams; good condition. With name of Al-Zahir (Al-Dhahir). Inscription of obverse only. Diameter 28 mm.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Coin weight, accession number 5-14604, described as Coin weight; amethyst color glass; Obverse: illegible description. Reverse: blank. Diameter 20 mm. Weight 3.01 grams.
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Alfred Emerson
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5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
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S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)
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S1962-1963 #72: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Alex Nicoloff (July 13, 1962–unknown)
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S2002-2003 #9: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 20, 2002–April 7, 2003)
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S1968-1969 #2: KQED Television (July 8, 1968–July 12, 1968)
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S1969-1970 #103: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (April 2, 1970–July 21, 1971)
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S1969-1970 #72: La Jolla Museum of Art (February 4, 1970–April 14, 1970)
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S1971-1972 #10: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Michael J. Harner (July 28, 1971–July 28, 1971)
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S1971-1972 #9: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (July 28, 1971–August 31, 1971)
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S1976-1977 #87: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 10, 1977–June 14, 1977)
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S1977-1978 #75: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 15, 1978–June 20, 1978)
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