Breastplate

Museum number:
2-7287
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020007287
Accession number:
Acc.18
Description:
Made of dentalium shells. 6 rows of dentalium shells attached to rawhide strips.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Columbia Plateau, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Columbia Plateau
Culture or time period:
Plateau cultures
Collector:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
November 26, 1901
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 23 centimeters and width 28.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Breastplate, accession number 2-7287, described as Made of dentalium shells. 6 rows of dentalium shells attached to rawhide strips.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Breastplate, accession number 2-7287, described as Made of dentalium shells. 6 rows of dentalium shells attached to rawhide strips.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Breastplate, accession number 2-7287, described as Made of dentalium shells. 6 rows of dentalium shells attached to rawhide strips.

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