Necklace

Museum number:
1-13455
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010013455
Alternate number:
19 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.292, Acc.295, Acc.296, Acc.298, and Acc.301
Description:
Made of univalve shells (wa k’u)
Donor:
Edward Sapir
Collection place:
Montgomery Creek, Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Montgomery Creek
Culture or time period:
Northern or Central Yana
Collector:
Edward Sapir
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Description: "(wa k'u)" Photo: "15-4786" Published: "A.R. 3:3, Pl. 1, b
Loans:
S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-13455, described as Made of univalve shells (wa k’u)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-13455, described as Made of univalve shells (wa k’u)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-13455, described as Made of univalve shells (wa k’u)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-13455, described as Made of univalve shells (wa k’u)

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