Beads

Museum number:
TEMP 2018.282
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1-222594 (attributed PAHMA number, unlikely), 674-683 (from Barr catalog), and #689 (possibly Barr number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Approximately one hundred shell beads in six different types: (1) unworked; (2) plain gray, circular; (3) plain white, circular; (4) red painted white, circular; (5) incised white, roughly square; and (6) polished white oblong. Also in envelope are three small notched arrowheads made from brownish-red chert.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
Camanche, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Camuache, Calif.
Materials:
Chert and @shell and shell material
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
depth 2 millimeters, width 1 centimeters, and height 1 centimeters
Comment:
Small paper note with pencil: "#689 Camanche [sic] Calif." Possibly related to Acc.1180
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number TEMP 2018.282, described as Approximately one hundred shell beads in six different types: (1) unworked; (2) plain gray, circular; (3) plain white, circular; (4) red painted white, circular; (5) incised white, roughly square; and (6) polished white oblong. Also in envelope are three small notched arrowheads made from brownish-red chert.

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