Necklace

Museum number:
1-221
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
221 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13
Description:
Dentalium shell; two short and one longer strand; varying length shells.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Hupa, Klamath River Tribes, and Yurok
Collector:
John Preston Stanley and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 1901
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
August 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 73 centimeters
Loans:
S1962-1963 #14: Samuel A. Barrett (September 24, 1962–October 11, 1962) and S1972-1973 #100: Humboldt County (California) (May 22, 1973–June 5, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-221, described as Dentalium shell; two short and one longer strand; varying length shells.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-221, described as Dentalium shell; two short and one longer strand; varying length shells.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-221, described as Dentalium shell; two short and one longer strand; varying length shells.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-221, described as Dentalium shell; two short and one longer strand; varying length shells.

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