Beads

Museum number:
1-11129
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
175 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.273
Description:
String of beads of roughly hewn olivella or other univalve shells.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
San Jacinto Reservation, Riverside County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Riverside; San Jacinto Reservation
Culture or time period:
Luiseño
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
March 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Worn braided as a necklace in modern fiestas.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-4030. Published: AAE VIII 2 Pl 13 group 1.
Loans:
S1988-1989 #16: Heffernan Films (October 13, 1988–October 17, 1988)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Beads, accession number 1-11129, described as String of beads of roughly hewn olivella or other univalve shells.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Beads, accession number 1-11129, described as String of beads of roughly hewn olivella or other univalve shells.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-11129, described as String of beads of roughly hewn olivella or other univalve shells.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-11129, described as String of beads of roughly hewn olivella or other univalve shells.

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