Ornament

Museum number:
1-221894
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010221894
Alternate number:
1922 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Shell.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
CA-SJo-83, San Joaquin County, California
Collector:
H. H. Barr and James A. Barr
Collection date:
October 31, 1900
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Part of burial.
Department:
Unassociated funerary objects
Comment:
...were on breast and by sides of body...Two small pieces of paint with shells. Six pestles [907-912] found near body. Body lay east and west, head to west. Lay in hard clay at a depth of 3 1/4 feet from surface." Description from 1-221891: "...the largest number and the best preserved (though not in good condition) of any shell ornaments found in mound...." Description: "...See #1919
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 1-221894, described as Shell.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 1-221894, described as Shell.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 1-221894, described as Shell.

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