Beads

Museum number:
1-86362
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1273 (original number) and 18 (burial number)
Accession number:
Acc.969
Description:
Clam shell disc beads. Also found with the beads were 1 human molar tooth cap, 1 fish bone fragment, and one obsidian percussion flake. Multiple fragments of unanalyzed beads made up of shell.
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
CA-Sac-6, Sacramento County, California
Collector:
Anthropology S 197 class and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
July 1949
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Accession date:
1949
Context of use:
Burial.
Department:
Mixed faunal and human remains
Dimensions:
weight 437.2 grams
Comment:
Remarks: Associated with burial #18
Loans:
S2008-2009 #13a: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Darren Modzelewski (June 1, 2009–June 10, 2009)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-86362, described as Clam shell disc beads. Also found with the beads were 1 human molar tooth cap, 1 fish bone fragment, and one obsidian percussion flake. Multiple fragments of unanalyzed beads made up of shell.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-86362, described as Clam shell disc beads. Also found with the beads were 1 human molar tooth cap, 1 fish bone fragment, and one obsidian percussion flake. Multiple fragments of unanalyzed beads made up of shell.

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