Shell

Museum number:
1-53741
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010053741
Alternate number:
Burial 20-8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.756
Description:
Fragments of three Haliotis shells, with 2 artificial perforations.
Donor:
Ernest N. Johnson
Collection place:
CA-CCo-138, Oakley, Contra Costa County
Verbatim coll. place:
Pit 20
Collector:
Ernest N. Johnson
Collection date:
1936-1937
Taxon:
Haliotis
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Shell samples
Accession date:
1940
Context of use:
With burial. On crown and sides of skull.
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-53741, described as Fragments of three Haliotis shells, with 2 artificial perforations.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-53741, described as Fragments of three Haliotis shells, with 2 artificial perforations.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-53741, described as Fragments of three Haliotis shells, with 2 artificial perforations.

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