Skip to search
Skip to main content
Skip to first result
Hearst Museum Portal
About
Bookmarks
0
History
Feedback
Login
Search in
Any Field
Museum number
Alternate number
Accession number
Object name
Object class
Description
Donor
Collection place
Production place
Culture or time period
Maker or artist
Collector
Collection date
Materials
Taxon
Person depicted
Place depicted
Culture depicted
Inscription
Object type
Function
Context of use
Keeling series
Department
Loans
Search
Advanced Search
Give
Search
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Object name
Shell
✖
Remove constraint Object name: Shell
Collection place
Africa
✖
Remove constraint Collection place: Africa
«
Previous
page
|
1
-
to
10
of
132
|
Next
page
»
Sort
by Object name
Object name
Museum number
Number of results to display per page
10
per page
per page
10
per page
20
per page
50
per page
100
per page
View results as:
List view
Gallery view
Masonry view
Slideshow view
Search Results
Image
Missing
: Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 6-15529, described as Bi-valve shell containing mud
Image
Missing
: Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 6-18858b, described as shell
Image
Missing
: Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 6-12876, described as Shell.
×
Shell
1 of 132
Shell
2 of 132
Shell
3 of 132
Shell
4 of 132
Shell
5 of 132
Shell
6 of 132
Shell
7 of 132
Shell
8 of 132
Shell
9 of 132
Shell
10 of 132
previous image
next image
Pause Slideshow
Start Slideshow
«
Previous
page
Next
page
»
1
2
3
4
5
…
13
14
Limit your search
Object name
❯
Shell
✖
Remove constraint Object name: Shell
132
objects
Object class
❯
Archaeological samples
132
objects
Shell samples
132
objects
Specimens and samples
132
objects
Amulets
1
objects
Object type
❯
archaeology
123
objects
ethnography
9
objects
Media available
❯
legacy documentation
116
objects
image
87
objects
Collection place
❯
Africa
✖
Remove constraint Collection place: Africa
132
objects
Egypt
82
objects
Northern Africa
82
objects
Nile River Valley, Egypt
81
objects
Upper Egypt
75
objects
Abydos region, Upper Egypt
58
objects
Naga-ed-Der, Upper Egypt
54
objects
Southern Africa
25
objects
Republic of South Africa
21
objects
Cape Province, Republic of South Africa
18
objects
more
Collection place
»
Year collected
❯
View distribution
Current results range from
1899
to
1972
Year collected range begin
Year collected range end
View larger »
[Missing]
25
objects
Collector
❯
George Andrew Reisner
75
objects
University of California African Expedition
26
objects
Charles Lewis Camp
21
objects
Frank Elmer Peabody
21
objects
John Desmond Clark
9
objects
Arthur S. Hunt
6
objects
Bernard P. Grenfell
6
objects
Glynn Llywelyn Isaac
4
objects
South Africa State Museum, Windhoek
4
objects
William Russell Bascom
4
objects
more
Collector
»
Donor
❯
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
77
objects
University of California African Expedition
23
objects
Paleontology Department (UC Berkeley)
14
objects
Charles Lewis Camp
13
objects
Frank Elmer Peabody
13
objects
University Appropriation
11
objects
John Desmond Clark
8
objects
Berta Bascom
5
objects
William Russell Bascom
5
objects
South Africa State Museum, Windhoek
4
objects
more
Donor
»
Culture or time period
❯
Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)
60
objects
Classical Civilizations
56
objects
Egypt
54
objects
Ancient Egyptian
51
objects
Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)
39
objects
Old Kingdom (2686–2160 BC)
19
objects
New Kingdom of Egypt (1550–1069 BC)
15
objects
Ramessid Period (1295–1069 BC)
15
objects
18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC)
14
objects
19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)
14
objects
more
Culture or time period
»
Materials
❯
Shell (animal material)
87
objects
Ostrich eggshell
9
objects
Shell: bivalve
5
objects
Cowrie shell
2
objects
Flint (rock)
2
objects
Fossil
2
objects
Shell (animal material) (gastropod)
1
objects
Taxon
❯
Bivalvia
1
objects
Natica
1
objects
Accession number
❯
Acc.54/56/63/107
46
objects
Acc.54
21
objects
Acc.988
18
objects
Acc.1091
13
objects
Acc.54/56/63/109
10
objects
Acc.1090
5
objects
Acc.2819
5
objects
Acc.1669
4
objects
Acc.2516
4
objects
Acc.3001
3
objects
more
Accession number
»
Accession year
❯
View distribution
Current results range from
1902
to
1972
Accession year range begin
Accession year range end
View larger »
[Missing]
63
objects
Function
❯
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
4
objects
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
3
objects
1.5 Household
1
objects
8.3 For Manufacturing
1
objects
Loans
❯
S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975)
2
objects
S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
2
objects