Necklace

Museum number:
1-97850
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1109
Description:
String of Olivella shell disc beads; interspersed with multi-colored glass beads; smaller diameter shell pendant.
Donor:
David P. Barrows
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes, Hupa, and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
David P. Barrows
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Olivella shell
Taxon:
Olivella biplicata
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1953
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 39 centimeters
Loans:
S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-97850, described as String of Olivella shell disc beads; interspersed with multi-colored glass beads; smaller diameter shell pendant.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-97850, described as String of Olivella shell disc beads; interspersed with multi-colored glass beads; smaller diameter shell pendant.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-97850, described as String of Olivella shell disc beads; interspersed with multi-colored glass beads; smaller diameter shell pendant.

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