Trade beads

Museum number:
7-3045
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070003045
Accession number:
Acc.1388
Description:
Glass trade beads; reddish-brown color; These beads are of a type found in numerous California Indian sites dating from 19th century, still manufactured in Venice.
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy
Culture or time period:
Italian
Collection date:
Summer 1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #92: Oakland Public Museum (June 2, 1964–November 2, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Trade beads, accession number 7-3045, described as Glass trade beads; reddish-brown color; These beads are of a type found in numerous California Indian sites dating from 19th century, still manufactured in Venice.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trade beads, accession number 7-3045, described as Glass trade beads; reddish-brown color; These beads are of a type found in numerous California Indian sites dating from 19th century, still manufactured in Venice.

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