Shell ornament

Museum number:
1-34981.1
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210134981@2e1
Accession number:
Acc.633
Description:
Gifford shell type Q11b. Rectagular haliotis shell bead with three perforations, two at the wide end and one at the other. Incised at the edges with hatches.
Donor:
Ronald Leroy Olson
Collection place:
CA-SCrI-100, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands
Collector:
Ronald Leroy Olson
Collection date:
1928
Taxon:
Haliotis
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Accession date:
1928
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shell ornament, accession number 1-34981.1, described as Gifford shell type Q11b. Rectagular haliotis shell bead with three perforations, two at the wide end and one at the other. Incised at the edges with hatches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell ornament, accession number 1-34981.1, described as Gifford shell type Q11b. Rectagular haliotis shell bead with three perforations, two at the wide end and one at the other. Incised at the edges with hatches.

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