Ornament

Museum number:

1-221896

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Alternate number:

1924 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.1180

Description:

Shell.

Donor:

James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr

Collection place:

CA-SJo-83, San Joaquin County, California

Collector:

H. H. Barr and James A. Barr

Collection date:

October 31, 1900

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Ornaments (object genre)

Accession date:

1956

Context of use:

Part of burial.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Comment:

...were on breast and by sides of body...Two small pieces of paint with shells. Six pestles [907-912] found near body. Body lay east and west, head to west. Lay in hard clay at a depth of 3 1/4 feet from surface."

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