Shell beads
- Museum number:
- 2-72550
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020072550
- Alternate number:
- EC-77 (temporary number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4787
- Description:
- String of shell beads: 3/8" to 5/8" in diameter. Beads are strung on a woven wire with screw closure.
- Donor:
- Elizabeth Colson
- Collection place:
- North Central California
- Culture or time period:
- Pomo
- Collector:
- Elizabeth Colson
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Beads (pierced objects)
- Function:
- 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
- Accession date:
- September 9, 2011
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- length 41.5 centimeters