Dentalia shell

Museum number:
1-19434
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010019434
Alternate number:
July 1913 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.100GGG
Description:
2.5 pounds of dentalia shells.
Donor:
Ada Goldsmith
Collection place:
La Jolla, San Diego, San Diego County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California [on catalog card]. Note with objects "from catalogue: "exchange in part only 2 1/2 lbs of dentalia 1/2 mi no of La Jolla, San Diego Co" 1-11-77
Culture or time period:
California tribes
Collector:
Ada Goldsmith
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
February 14, 1914
Context of use:
Probably trader's stuff" (fide Alfred L. Kroeber).
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
2.5 lbs. of dentalia". 120+ pieces exchanged with six different individuals or institutions. see Acc.687 for exchange details for 14 pieces dentalia shell from Northwestern California
Loans:
S1970-1971 #146: Denver Museum of Natural History (July 23, 1954–July 3, 1973) and S1973-1974 #25: California State University, Chico (October 18, 1973–July 3, 1975)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dentalia shell, accession number 1-19434, described as 2.5 pounds of dentalia shells.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dentalia shell, accession number 1-19434, described as 2.5 pounds of dentalia shells.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dentalia shell, accession number 1-19434, described as 2.5 pounds of dentalia shells.

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