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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number 1-25309, described as Large, banjo, damaged.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-18808, described as Obsidian Small bone object"; "Obsidian" crossed out, "bone object" circled and arrow drawn to L-18806, and "Whole abalone" added in pencil.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-13885, described as Abalone shell blank and paint mixer.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-19461, described as 20 circular abalones - 11 rectangular abalones"; "20 circular", the "s" in the first "abalones", "11", and the second "abalones" all crossed out in pencil (dittoed down from L-19456).
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Edward W. Gifford
16,504
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Richard Shutler Jr.
11,929
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Delila S. Gifford
3,749
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Francis A. Riddell
986
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Robert Fleming Heizer
937
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Ronald Leroy Olson
752
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Max Uhle
703
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James Allan Bennyhoff
672
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Arnold R. Pilling
551
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
545
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Viking Fund Incorporated
11,747
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
3,870
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University Appropriation
3,554
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University of California Archaeological Survey
1,744
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst
957
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Robert Fleming Heizer
858
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Ronald Leroy Olson
796
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California Archaeological Survey
502
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William Clifford Massey
433
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Sylvia M. Broadbent
394
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725
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724
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596
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591
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1,265
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Shell (animal material)
959
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Spondylus pictorum
332
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Olivella shell
186
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Conus fergusoni
158
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Abalone shell
117
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84
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42
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362
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Haliotis
286
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Olivella biplicata
172
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Clinocardium nuttallii
161
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Conus fergusoni
159
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Haliotis rufescens (red abalone)
136
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Mytilus californianus
111
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Leukoma staminea
72
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Anadara antiquata
62
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Tresus nuttalli
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11,019
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Acc.1187
3,754
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Acc.916
728
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Acc.81
594
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Acc.633
438
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393
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Acc.626
273
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225
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Acc.1133
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1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
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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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S1964-1965 #74: State of California, Division of Beaches and Parks/Francis A. Riddell (March 19, 1965–September 2, 1981)
195
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S2001-2002 #15: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (January 23, 2002–January 23, 2003)
46
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S2004-2005 #8: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (dates unknown)
45
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S1950 #1: University of Washington/William Clifford Massey (dates unknown)
29
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S2007-2008 #8: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (February 25, 2008–June 24, 2010)
21
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S1985-1986 #37: State Archaeology Lab/Peter Schultz (May 7, 1986–June 12, 1986)
19
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S1971-1972 #82: Zoology Department (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (October 10, 1971–May 25, 1972)
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S1964-1965 #70: Department of Anthropology (CSU Sacramento)/Sam Payen (March 12, 1965–May 1965)
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