Beads

Museum number:
1-49829
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
267 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.727
Description:
Olivella beads, square cut.
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
CA-CCo-138, Oakley, Contra Costa County
Verbatim coll. place:
Burial bear, S.20'0"/ W.18'0"/ 37" d.
Collector:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
June 9, 1938
Taxon:
Olivella
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Accession date:
1938
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Comment:
Bear burial cemented in box in position as found, 5 whole abalone shells at neck, 250 +/- square olivella beads arranged shingle fashion 1/3 over chest and 2/3 over short ribs.
Loans:
S1952-1953 #6 [formerly I-53-A]: California State Indian Museum (June 12, 1953–November 10, 1963)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-49829, described as Olivella beads, square cut.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-49829, described as Olivella beads, square cut.

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