Ornament

Museum number:
1-222318
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010222318
Alternate number:
2230 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Abalone shell ornament. Triangular, one perforation in the wider end.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
CA-SJo-87, San Joaquin County, California
Culture or time period:
Late Phase 1, Late Horizon: Johnson facies (ca. 1300–1500 AD)
Collector:
H. H. Barr and James A. Barr
Collection date:
November 5, 1901
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Burial.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Description: "...See #2215 [1-222304]" From 1-222304: "...18 being more or less imperfect or decayed. All of these ornaments were triangular in shape, and all with one perforation in the wider end....
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 1-222318, described as Abalone shell ornament. Triangular, one perforation in the wider end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 1-222318, described as Abalone shell ornament. Triangular, one perforation in the wider end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 1-222318, described as Abalone shell ornament. Triangular, one perforation in the wider end.

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