Glass bead and buttons

Museum number:
1-255371a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101255371a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.3768 and Acc.477I
Description:
a) Faceted amber-colored glass bead. b) Shirt button, white shell with two perforations. c) "Campaign button" advertising American Society for Thrift; painted metal face with American flag in center; pin on the back. Made of glass and mother-of-pearl. Not made by Ishi.
Donor:
Ishi and Marceline Crane
Collection place:
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yana
Maker or artist:
Ishi
Collector:
Ishi
Collection date:
1915
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects) and Buttons (fasteners)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
a)— length 1 centimeters, c)— diameter 2.5 centimeters, and b)— diameter 1.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Glass bead and buttons, accession number 1-255371a-c, described as a) Faceted amber-colored glass bead. b) Shirt button, white shell with two perforations. c) "Campaign button" advertising American Society for Thrift; painted metal face with American flag in center; pin on the back. Made of glass and mother-of-pearl. Not made by Ishi.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Glass bead and buttons, accession number 1-255371a-c, described as a) Faceted amber-colored glass bead. b) Shirt button, white shell with two perforations. c) "Campaign button" advertising American Society for Thrift; painted metal face with American flag in center; pin on the back. Made of glass and mother-of-pearl. Not made by Ishi.

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