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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.

1. Barrette

Bookmark Barrette, museum number 1-259107

Museum number:: 1-259107
Culture or time period:: Abenaki, Karuk, and Shasta
Object class:: Pine nuts
Maker or artist:: Josephine Grant Peters
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:: 1985
Dimensions:: width 2.6 centimeters and length 8 centimeters
Collector:: Margaret Mathewson
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1985
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

2. Bead fragments

Bookmark Bead fragments, museum number 1-18066

Object status:: Deaccessioned
Museum number:: 1-18066
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Collector:: Llewellyn Lemont Loud
Collection place:: CA-Hum-67 (Tolowot), Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: July 21-October 31, 1913
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

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.

3. Beads

Bookmark Beads, museum number 1-1553a,b

Museum number:: 1-1553a,b
Culture or time period:: Yurok
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: b)— length 112 centimeters and a)— length 64 centimeters
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1901
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

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.

4. Cradle and sunshade

Bookmark Cradle and sunshade, museum number 1-148884a,b

Museum number:: 1-148884a,b
Culture or time period:: Klamath River Tribes
Object class:: Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:: 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Dimensions:: a)— length 72 centimeters
Collector:: Emma Lang Morehouse and Herbert Harrison Morehouse
Collection place:: Crescent City, Del Norte County, California
Collection date:: 1904
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

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.

5. Cradle basket model

Bookmark Cradle basket model, museum number 1-233702

Museum number:: 1-233702
Culture or time period:: Karuk
Object class:: Baskets (containers) and Cradles (children's beds)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Dimensions:: length 32 centimeters and width 14 centimeters
Collector:: Mrs. Bringer
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1910
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

6. Dentalium

Bookmark Dentalium, museum number 1-18243

Object status:: Deaccessioned
Museum number:: 1-18243
Collector:: Llewellyn Lemont Loud
Collection place:: CA-Hum-67 (Tolowot), Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: July 21-October 31, 1913
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

7. Dentalium fragments

Bookmark Dentalium fragments, museum number 1-18224

Object status:: Deaccessioned
Museum number:: 1-18224
Object class:: Fragments (object portions)
Collector:: Llewellyn Lemont Loud
Collection place:: CA-Hum-67 (Tolowot), Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: July 21-October 31, 1913
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

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.

8. Earrings

Bookmark Earrings, museum number 1-259302a,b

Museum number:: 1-259302a,b
Culture or time period:: Hupa
Object class:: Earrings (jewelry) and Miniature (size attribute)
Maker or artist:: Edward Chase
Collector:: Ira Jacknis
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

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.

9. Earrings

Bookmark Earrings, museum number 1-259109a,b

Museum number:: 1-259109a,b
Culture or time period:: Paiute and Yurok
Object class:: Earrings (jewelry)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 11.5 centimeters
Collector:: Margaret Mathewson
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: unknown
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

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.

10. Face wiper

Bookmark Face wiper, museum number 1-1677

Museum number:: 1-1677
Culture or time period:: Yurok
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: bone— width 2.8 centimeters and bone— length 17.7 centimeters
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1901
Taxon:: Dentaliidae

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Current results range from 1901 to 1985

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[Missing]12 objects

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5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions6 objects
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S1962-1963 #14: Samuel A. Barrett (September 24, 1962–October 11, 1962)4 objects
S1961-1962 #65: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (April 17, 1962–September 28, 1962)2 objects
S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)2 objects
S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)2 objects
S1961-1962 #81: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 22, 1962–May 22, 1962)1 objects
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S1970-1971 #98: Lowie Museum of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 24, 1971–March 24, 1971)1 objects
S1971-1972 #53: UC Berkeley Extension/Daphne D. Stern (November 18, 1971–November 18, 1971)1 objects
S1972-1973 #100: Humboldt County (California) (May 22, 1973–June 5, 1973)1 objects

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