Beads

Museum number:
1-224708
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2497
Description:
Magnesite beads, baked and shaped. Cylindrical, not drilled. Pronounced red with white swirl; 1. 3 cm.
Donor:
David Wayne Peri
Collection place:
Hopland Rancheria, Hopland, Mendocino County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Hopland Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Central Pomo
Maker or artist:
Susie Billie
Collector:
David Wayne Peri
Collection date:
ca. 1924
Materials:
Magnesite
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1964
Context of use:
Medium of exchange. Expensive variety ... due to swirl of color. "Baked deep" that"s why the color; $12.00 each.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 3 centimeters
Comment:
Materials, techniques: Magnesite, baked & shaped
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Beads, accession number 1-224708, described as Magnesite beads, baked and shaped. Cylindrical, not drilled. Pronounced red with white swirl; 1. 3 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Beads, accession number 1-224708, described as Magnesite beads, baked and shaped. Cylindrical, not drilled. Pronounced red with white swirl; 1. 3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-224708, described as Magnesite beads, baked and shaped. Cylindrical, not drilled. Pronounced red with white swirl; 1. 3 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-224708, described as Magnesite beads, baked and shaped. Cylindrical, not drilled. Pronounced red with white swirl; 1. 3 cm.

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