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: Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 5-2152b, described as bead, large, glass, blue w/ white swirls
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 5-16771h, described as 8 strands of seed beads; 3 strands of yellow and red beads, 2 strands of light and dark blue beads, 1 strand of clear, yellow, and black beads; 1 strand of green and tan beads.
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Lloyd W. Swift
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst
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University of California African Expedition
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Lloyd W. Swift
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J. M. Tinley
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Acc.54/56/63/107
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Acc.54
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Acc.54/56/63/109
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Acc.56/63/107
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Acc.3289
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Acc.988
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Acc.63
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8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
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S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975)
210
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S1968-1969 #9: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (July 28, 1967–August 9, 1968)
12
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S1966-1967 #52: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/A. Van Dusen Eggers (January 2, 1967–unknown)
10
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S1987-1988 #44: SFO Museum (June 23, 1988–August 25, 1988)
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S1988-1989 #7: SFO Museum (August 25, 1988–January 23, 1989)
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S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
8
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S1985-1986 #40: SFO Museum (May 21, 1986–October 17, 1986)
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S1971-1972 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (July 14, 1971–February 18, 1976)
5
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S1973-1974 #46: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (February 25, 1974–June 24, 1974)
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S1978-1979 #54: California State University, Chico (March 27, 1979–February 22, 1980)
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