Beads

Museum number:
1-10784
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
773 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Tubular white clam shell beads (14). Strung on cotton thread with black glass beads in between.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Teshechu
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Ticetcu
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Taxon:
Odocoileus
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
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
72.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "xumana". Remarks: "These shell beads are said to have been made only in the vicinity of Tulare lake, from a very large clam shell obtained at the ocean. They were purchased by the people living in the foothill and mountain region. The perforation was accomplished by means of a way slender deer - bone point by a very gentle twisting motion.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-10784, described as Tubular white clam shell beads (14). Strung on cotton thread with black glass beads in between.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-10784, described as Tubular white clam shell beads (14). Strung on cotton thread with black glass beads in between.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-10784, described as Tubular white clam shell beads (14). Strung on cotton thread with black glass beads in between.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-10784, described as Tubular white clam shell beads (14). Strung on cotton thread with black glass beads in between.

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