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: Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-142385, described as shell fragments
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: Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-68093, described as Olivella biplicata shell.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-63698, described as Dentalia; Apparently strung with 1-63693 (trade beads).
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Edward W. Gifford
5,733
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Delila S. Gifford
3,353
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Richard Shutler Jr.
1,860
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Francis A. Riddell
810
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Robert Fleming Heizer
696
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Max Uhle
634
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Ronald Leroy Olson
522
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James Allan Bennyhoff
491
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Franklin Fenenga
468
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
3,465
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2,734
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Viking Fund Incorporated
1,889
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University of California Archaeological Survey
1,174
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst
850
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Robert Fleming Heizer
654
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Ronald Leroy Olson
555
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California Archaeological Survey
452
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James Allan Bennyhoff
371
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William Clifford Massey
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Seashell
1,274
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Shell (animal material)
785
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Spondylus pictorum
301
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Conus fergusoni
149
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Olivella shell
121
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Abalone shell
52
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42
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38
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Spondylus pictorum
331
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Conus fergusoni
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Haliotis
139
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Clinocardium nuttallii
122
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Olivella biplicata
107
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Acc.1187
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Acc.1088
1,446
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537
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Acc.916
443
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387
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Acc.633
291
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Acc.970
203
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Acc.956
200
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Acc.626
199
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Cusco Region, Southern Peru
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2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
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S1964-1965 #74: State of California, Division of Beaches and Parks/Francis A. Riddell (March 19, 1965–September 2, 1981)
103
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S1964-1965 #91: Mrs. Freddie Curtis/Richard Shutler Jr. (April 28, 1965–September 28, 1965)
58
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S1950 #1: University of Washington/William Clifford Massey (dates unknown)
27
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S2001-2002 #15: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (January 23, 2002–January 23, 2003)
23
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S2004-2005 #8: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (dates unknown)
16
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S1985-1986 #37: State Archaeology Lab/Peter Schultz (May 7, 1986–June 12, 1986)
9
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S1967-1968 #111: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis)/Jerald Jay Johnson (February 20, 1969–February 18, 1982)
8
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S1968-1969 #82: University of California, Davis (February 20, 1969–unknown)
8
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S1970-1971 #22: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo/Robert L. Hoover (September 25, 1970–April 12, 1971)
8
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S1964-1965 #108: Mrs. Freddie Curtis/Richard Shutler Jr. (June 21, 1965–March 31, 1966)
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