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 class
Beads (pierced objects)
✖
Remove constraint Object class: Beads (pierced objects)
Materials
Shell (animal material)
✖
Remove constraint Materials: Shell (animal material)
«
Previous
page
|
1
-
to
10
of
484
|
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
List view
Gallery
Gallery view
Masonry
Masonry view
Slideshow
Slideshow view
Search Results
Image
Missing
: Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 6-9185, described as Bead: barrel shaped shell
Image
Missing
: Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 1-56180, described as bead, tubular shell fragment
Image
Missing
: Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 1-59280.2b, described as Multiple fragments of unanalyzed beads made up of shells.
Image
Missing
: Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 1-59278.2a, described as Multiple fragments of unanalyzed beads made up of shells.
Image
Missing
: Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 1-59278.2j, no description available.
Image
Missing
: Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 1-59280.2c, described as Multiple fragments of unanalyzed beads made up of shells.
×
Bead
1 of 484
Bead
2 of 484
Bead
3 of 484
Bead
4 of 484
Bead
5 of 484
Bead
6 of 484
Bead
7 of 484
Bead
8 of 484
Bead
9 of 484
Bead
10 of 484
previous image
next image
Pause Slideshow
Start Slideshow
«
Previous
page
Next
page
»
1
2
3
4
5
…
48
49
Limit your search
Object name
❯
Beads
254
objects
Bead
149
objects
Mixed beads
18
objects
Shell beads
14
objects
Beads and disks
5
objects
Beads; bundle; bunch
4
objects
Vessels; ear plug; stick; whorl; bead
4
objects
Bowl; wire; sample: bead; chain
3
objects
Container, netsuke and bead
3
objects
Faience beads
3
objects
more
Object name
»
Object class
❯
Beads (pierced objects)
✖
Remove constraint Object class: Beads (pierced objects)
484
objects
Carvings (visual works)
18
objects
Sculpture (visual works)
18
objects
Amulets
9
objects
Containers (receptacles)
7
objects
Vessels (containers)
7
objects
Bowls (vessels)
3
objects
Faunal remains
2
objects
Mummies (bodies)
2
objects
Natural visual works
2
objects
more
Object class
»
Object type
❯
archaeology
464
objects
ethnography
20
objects
Media available
❯
legacy documentation
466
objects
image
295
objects
Collection place
❯
The Americas
268
objects
Africa
211
objects
North America
207
objects
Egypt
206
objects
Northern Africa
206
objects
Nile River Valley, Egypt
197
objects
California
194
objects
United States
194
objects
Upper Egypt
174
objects
Abydos region, Upper Egypt
157
objects
more
Collection place
»
Year collected
❯
View distribution
Current results range from
1889
to
1976
Year collected range begin
Year collected range end
View larger »
[Missing]
189
objects
Collector
❯
George Andrew Reisner
183
objects
Elmer J. Dawson
87
objects
Max Uhle
54
objects
Helen Langdon Strong
33
objects
William Duncan Strong
30
objects
Arthur S. Hunt
22
objects
Bernard P. Grenfell
22
objects
Harry Starr Riddell Jr.
14
objects
Isabel T. Kelly
13
objects
Arnold R. Pilling
12
objects
more
Collector
»
Donor
❯
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
257
objects
Elmer J. Dawson
88
objects
United States National Museum
33
objects
University of California Archaeological Survey
17
objects
Max Uhle
15
objects
Harry Starr Riddell Jr.
14
objects
Isabel T. Kelly
13
objects
Don McGeein
11
objects
University Appropriation
11
objects
Olline Riddell
10
objects
more
Donor
»
Culture or time period
❯
Classical Civilizations
167
objects
Old World (Africa, Asia and Europe)
167
objects
Egypt
157
objects
Ancient Egyptian
140
objects
Dynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 3000–343 BC)
117
objects
Old Kingdom (2686–2160 BC)
56
objects
New World (the Americas and Oceania)
49
objects
Early Dynastic Period of Egypt (ca. 3000–2686 BC)
46
objects
2nd Dynasty of Egypt (2890–2686 BC)
45
objects
South America
42
objects
more
Culture or time period
»
Materials
❯
Shell (animal material)
✖
Remove constraint Materials: Shell (animal material)
484
objects
Faience (composite material)
58
objects
Carnelian
55
objects
Ceramic (material)
19
objects
Metal
13
objects
Amethyst
10
objects
Copper (metal)
9
objects
Glass (material)
8
objects
Glaze (coating by location)
7
objects
Wood (plant material)
7
objects
more
Materials
»
Taxon
❯
Haliotis
4
objects
Olivella
2
objects
Cerithidae californica
1
objects
Conus fergusoni
1
objects
Tegula funebralis
1
objects
Person depicted
❯
Khepri (Egyptian deity)
4
objects
Horus (Egyptian deity)
1
objects
Taweret (Egyptian deity)
1
objects
Accession number
❯
Acc.54/56/63/107
127
objects
Acc.749
88
objects
Acc.54
42
objects
Acc.81
39
objects
Acc.748
33
objects
Acc.63/195
23
objects
Acc.163
14
objects
Acc.828
13
objects
Acc.855
13
objects
Acc.3468
11
objects
more
Accession number
»
Accession year
❯
View distribution
Current results range from
1901
to
2004
Accession year range begin
Accession year range end
View larger »
[Missing]
162
objects
Function
❯
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
9
objects
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
5
objects
8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
3
objects
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
1
objects
8.3 For Manufacturing
1
objects
Loans
❯
S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975)
33
objects
S2008-2009 #13d: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Darren Modzelewski (June 26, 2009–June 23, 2010)
20
objects
S1978-1979 #57: John Foster/John Foster (March 26, 1979–April 1, 1983)
11
objects
S1961-1962 #16: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (September 14, 1961–September 14, 1961)
2
objects
S1961-1962 #32: Samuel A. Barrett (December 6, 1961–January 10, 1962)
2
objects
S1962-1963 #42: American Indian Film Project/David Wayne Peri (February 20, 1963–July 12, 1967)
2
objects
S1963-1964 #88: American Indian Film Project (May 15, 1963–May 18, 1963)
2
objects
S1966-1967 #52: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/A. Van Dusen Eggers (January 2, 1967–unknown)
2
objects
S1968-1969 #9: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (July 28, 1967–August 9, 1968)
2
objects
S1987-1988 #44: SFO Museum (June 23, 1988–August 25, 1988)
2
objects
more
Loans
»