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Hearst Museum object titled Barrette, accession number 1-259107, described as Commercial metal barrette, beaded, rectangular; triangular design in red and white seed beads on red ground, outlined in black beads; dentalium shell, black beads, seed beads and pine nut pendants (5); buckskin backing for barrette.

Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259109a,b, described as Beaded earrings; square pendant with red, white, and black seed beads in geometric pattern; tassels (2) suspended with square with dentalium shell and seed beads; suspended from silver wire clips for pierced ears on duplicate of tassels beneath.

Hearst Museum object titled Key chain, accession number 1-259114, described as Cylindrical basketry pendant attached to metal split ring; tassels of buckskin, pine nuts, shells, and seed beads. Includes pony beads, abalone, olivella, dentalium shell, black commercially tanned leather, pine root, overlay of woodwardia and maidenhair fern and porcupine quill.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-259113, described as Necklace. Dentalium, olivella (not biplicata), and glass beads on nylon filament. Pear shaped twined basket pendant. Basket materials include spruce root wefts with beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia fern, yellow dyed porcupine, and maidenhair fern overlay. Buckskin leather thong ties.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-259137, described as Commercial silver chain with clasp; free-floating decorated dentalium shell, pine nut, ceramic bead, braided bear grass pendant, seed bead and glass bead, abalone shell fragment, sliding on chain. Hupa friendship necklace.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace and medallion, accession number 1-259111, described as Made of basketry; coiled fiber medallion, round, star design in center; suspended on pine nut, dentalium shell and seed bead chain, with buckskin ties at top; five pendants suspended from medallion with same materials as chain.

Hearst Museum object titled Shell money, accession number 1-4426, described as Dentalium shells, one string of 14 (one missing); on fiber cordage with twig at one end of cord and red and white thread at other; shell covered with snake skin at wide end

Hearst Museum object titled Barrette, accession number 1-259107, described as Commercial metal barrette, beaded, rectangular; triangular design in red and white seed beads on red ground, outlined in black beads; dentalium shell, black beads, seed beads and pine nut pendants (5); buckskin backing for barrette.

Barrette

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Hearst Museum object titled Earrings, accession number 1-259109a,b, described as Beaded earrings; square pendant with red, white, and black seed beads in geometric pattern; tassels (2) suspended with square with dentalium shell and seed beads; suspended from silver wire clips for pierced ears on duplicate of tassels beneath.

Earrings

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Hearst Museum object titled Key chain, accession number 1-259114, described as Cylindrical basketry pendant attached to metal split ring; tassels of buckskin, pine nuts, shells, and seed beads. Includes pony beads, abalone, olivella, dentalium shell, black commercially tanned leather, pine root, overlay of woodwardia and maidenhair fern and porcupine quill.

Key chain

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Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-259113, described as Necklace. Dentalium, olivella (not biplicata), and glass beads on nylon filament. Pear shaped twined basket pendant. Basket materials include spruce root wefts with beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia fern, yellow dyed porcupine, and maidenhair fern overlay. Buckskin leather thong ties.

Necklace

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Necklace

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Hearst Museum object titled Necklace and medallion, accession number 1-259111, described as Made of basketry; coiled fiber medallion, round, star design in center; suspended on pine nut, dentalium shell and seed bead chain, with buckskin ties at top; five pendants suspended from medallion with same materials as chain.

Necklace and medallion

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Hearst Museum object titled Shell money, accession number 1-4426, described as Dentalium shells, one string of 14 (one missing); on fiber cordage with twig at one end of cord and red and white thread at other; shell covered with snake skin at wide end

Shell money

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Vivien Hailstone3 objects
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DentaliidaeRemove constraint Taxon: Dentaliidae7 objects

Acc.45856 objects
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[Missing]Remove constraint Accession year: [Missing]7 objects

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions4 objects
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements3 objects
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers1 objects

S1966-1967 #25: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (October 31, 1966–November 2, 1966)1 objects
S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)1 objects
S2002-2003 #9: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 20, 2002–April 7, 2003)1 objects

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