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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone shell, accession number 11-12010, described as Abalone shell
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: Hearst Museum object titled Barnacle fragment, accession number 11-32331, no description available.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve, accession number 11-19797, described as Bivalve: Gafrarium pectinatum
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve, accession number 11-19870, described as Bivalve: Ostrea
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve, accession number 11-19967, described as Bivalve: Pecten of senatorius
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, accession number 11-12025, described as Bi-valve with spiny back
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, accession number 11-12026a,b, described as Bi-valve
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, accession number 11-12031a,b, described as Bi-valve, pearl shell like
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, accession number 11-12021a,b, described as Species
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Shell: univalve
5,924
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Shell
5,690
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Shell: bivalve
3,754
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Coral
487
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Shell: crustacean
354
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Shell fragment
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Shell, univalve
66
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35
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Archaeological samples
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Fragments (object portions)
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archaeology
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ethnography
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legacy documentation
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image
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Oceania
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16,538
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Melanesia
12,668
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New Caledonia
11,713
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North Province, New Caledonia
9,407
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Micronesia
3,775
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Caroline Islands
3,770
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Federated States of Micronesia
3,770
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Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
3,766
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Yap Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
3,719
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Bayé (site 6), New Caledonia
3,170
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16,299
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Edward W. Gifford
16,190
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Richard Shutler Jr.
11,903
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Delila S. Gifford
3,749
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
545
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Bruce D. Lawes
212
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Mrs. Richard Shutler Jr.
196
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Bronislaw Malinowski
13
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Arnold R. Pilling
10
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R. E. Burton
3
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Francis E. Cornwall
2
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Viking Fund Incorporated
11,747
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
3,755
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Bishop Museum
197
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Arnold R. Pilling
54
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H. R. Balfour
54
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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
6
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William Russell Bascom
4
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Oceanian cultures
4,594
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Micronesian
3,767
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Micronesian cultures
3,767
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Yap
3,762
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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)
60
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Seashell
1,258
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Shell (animal material)
102
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Clam shell (salt water)
39
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Coral (material)
24
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Ceramic (material)
6
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Nerita shell
1
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1
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Anadara antiquata
57
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Turbo setosus
34
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Xanthidae
30
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Phymodius nitidus
23
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Cyclodius nitidus
21
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Acropora
19
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Turbo cinerea
19
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Spondylus sinensis
16
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Neosarmatium smithi
13
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Septifer bilocularis
12
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Acc.1088
11,019
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Acc.1187
3,755
objects
Acc.916
728
objects
Acc.2085
197
objects
Acc.1150
54
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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.850
3
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735
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8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
28
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8.3 For Manufacturing
27
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2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
17
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1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
2
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1.1 Hunting and Fishing
1
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1.5 Household
1
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1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
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1.9 Multiple Utility
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7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
1
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Loans
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S1964-1965 #91: Mrs. Freddie Curtis/Richard Shutler Jr. (April 28, 1965–September 28, 1965)
411
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S1964-1965 #108: Mrs. Freddie Curtis/Richard Shutler Jr. (June 21, 1965–March 31, 1966)
280
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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)
4
objects
S2013-2014 #5: Patrick V. Kirch/Scarlett Chiu (May 14, 2014–June 30, 2014)
4
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S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
2
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S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
2
objects
S1976-1977 #70: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Karen Nero (April 13, 1977–April 14, 1977)
2
objects
S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986)
2
objects
S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987)
2
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