Beads

Museum number:
L-17090
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Accession number:
Acc.806
Description:
Bottle with square cut abalone beads. (a) 236 abalone square cut/perforated (8 red, 35 green, rest ground); (b) 7 olivella square cut/perforated; (c) 3 mussel square cut/perforated; (d) 2 spire lopped; (e) abalone ring ornament (added in pencil).
Donor:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento County Board of Education
Collection place:
CA-Sac-107 (Windmiller Mound), Sacramento County, California
Culture or time period:
Early Horizon: Windmiller Culture, phase 5
Collector:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento Junior College
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Accession date:
February 16, 1942
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Collector's No. = 49073. Ledger remarks: "(1) mussel [square cut/perforated symbol] given to Sac. State College" written in pencil (actually written with L-17091 entry, but appears to go with L-17090). "Found" written in next to cat. number in ledger, refers to handwritten note in the front of the first volume of the Lillard ledger. The note reads: "Started checking specimens present in collection at U.C.M.A. on 3/8/50. Those present are marked "found" in back of catalogue number. W. Pendry".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number L-17090, described as Bottle with square cut abalone beads. (a) 236 abalone square cut/perforated (8 red, 35 green, rest ground); (b) 7 olivella square cut/perforated; (c) 3 mussel square cut/perforated; (d) 2 spire lopped; (e) abalone ring ornament (added in pencil).

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