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Department of La Libertad, Northern Peru
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Moche valley, La Libertad Region, Northern Peru
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Moche site H (Cerro Blanco), Moche valley, La Libertad Region
486
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Max Uhle
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Edward W. Gifford
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George Andrew Reisner
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Delila S. Gifford
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
51
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Richard Shutler Jr.
48
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Albert B. Elsasser
25
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James T. Davis
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William Harland Kinsey
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Philip Mills Jones
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
54
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Viking Fund Incorporated
46
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Gladys Ayer Nomland
35
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Jorgen O. Nomland
35
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University of California Archaeological Survey
29
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Max Uhle
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Walter D. Weymouth
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Clarence E. Smith
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Spondylus pictorum
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Physella humerosa
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Acc.54/56/63/107
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Acc.1187
54
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Acc.1088
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Acc.669
30
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Acc.UCAS-483
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Acc.88
22
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Acc.24
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7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
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S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975)
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S1964-1965 #91: Mrs. Freddie Curtis/Richard Shutler Jr. (April 28, 1965–September 28, 1965)
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S1945-1946 #3: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (dates unknown)
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S1968-1969 #78: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Alice Kalmer (February 4, 1969–June 16, 1969)
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S1970-1971 #117: Classics (UC Berkeley)/Carol Conti (April 20, 1971–May 5, 1971)
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S1975-1976 #59: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Donna Garaventa (March 2, 1976–March 2, 1976)
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S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
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: Hearst Museum object titled Bivalve shell, museum number 4-4784, described as Bivalve shell
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: Hearst Museum object titled Clam shell, museum number 6-15520, described as Clam shell
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: Hearst Museum object titled Fossil, museum number 5-7775, described as Clam shell; fossilized
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: Hearst Museum object titled Mussel and clam shells with pigments adhering, museum number 16-1138, described as 3 mussel and clam shells with pigments adhering. Evidently used as paint cups
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: Hearst Museum object titled Mussel shell, museum number 4-4420, described as Large mussel shell, broken
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: Hearst Museum object titled Pectau valves (3), museum number 4-9339, no description available.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Sample, museum number 6-1998, described as White shell. Length 12 cm
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: Hearst Museum object titled Sample, museum number 4-4004, described as Spondylus shell, complete.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Sample, museum number 6-19104, described as shell; almost flat, perforated, length 6 cm
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: Hearst Museum object titled Samples, museum number 4-2610a, described as Sea shell.
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Pectau valves (3)
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Sample
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Sample
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Sample
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