Beads

Museum number:
1-71836
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010071836
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Olivela shell beads (strung) on red string.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Sierra foothills, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 26 feet
Loans:
S1964-1965 #3: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (July 13, 1964–October 19, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-71836, described as Olivela shell beads (strung) on red string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-71836, described as Olivela shell beads (strung) on red string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-71836, described as Olivela shell beads (strung) on red string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-71836, described as Olivela shell beads (strung) on red string.

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