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Acc.1770
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S1964-1965 #20: California Alumni Association (October 14, 1964–October 23, 1964)
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S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964)
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S1976-1977 #57: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Francine Marshall (March 8, 1977–March 9, 1977)
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S1969-1970 #97: KQED Television (March 23, 1970–March 25, 1972)
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S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)
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S1968-1969 #141: Dominican College of San Rafael (June 10, 1969–July 22, 1969)
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S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown)
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S1963-1964 #97: Heard Museum (June 30, 1964–October 5, 1964)
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S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
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S1968-1969 #76: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (February 14, 1969–May 23, 1969)
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