Beads

Museum number:
1-1553a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21011553a@2cb
Alternate number:
137 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Dentalium shell, one string. Worn possibly at Jump Dance or Deer Skin dance.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
The length of this string is double that of the strings of larger dentalia used as money.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
a)— length 64 centimeters and b)— length 112 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #81: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 22, 1962–May 22, 1962), S1962-1963 #14: Samuel A. Barrett (September 24, 1962–October 11, 1962), S1963-1964 #24: Oakland High School/Milo S. Popovich (October 11, 1963–November 15, 1963), S1970-1971 #98: Lowie Museum of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 24, 1971–March 24, 1971), S1971-1972 #53: UC Berkeley Extension/Daphne D. Stern (November 18, 1971–November 18, 1971), and S1983-1984 #48: Hoopa Tribal Museum (May 15, 1984–September 21, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Beads, accession number 1-1553a,b, described as Dentalium shell, one string. Worn possibly at Jump Dance or Deer Skin dance.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Beads, accession number 1-1553a,b, described as Dentalium shell, one string. Worn possibly at Jump Dance or Deer Skin dance.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-1553a,b, described as Dentalium shell, one string. Worn possibly at Jump Dance or Deer Skin dance.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-1553a,b, described as Dentalium shell, one string. Worn possibly at Jump Dance or Deer Skin dance.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-1553a,b, described as Dentalium shell, one string. Worn possibly at Jump Dance or Deer Skin dance.

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