Dentalia

Museum number:

1-225474

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.2635

Description:

Dentalia shells on string.

Donor:

Barbara E. Busch

Collection place:

Northwestern California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Northern California; Northwestern California

Culture or time period:

California tribes

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

1954

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

1970

Context of use:

Necklace, medium of exchange.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

length 170 centimeters

Comment:

Lent to UC Riverside prior to numbering. New number assigned upon return of loan.

Loans:

S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)

Legacy documentation: