Shells and beads

Museum number:
1-67288
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010067288
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Dentalium shells and two glass beads on native string.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Perhaps with 1-67287 (beads).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shells and beads, accession number 1-67288, described as Dentalium shells and two glass beads on native string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shells and beads, accession number 1-67288, described as Dentalium shells and two glass beads on native string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shells and beads, accession number 1-67288, described as Dentalium shells and two glass beads on native string.

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