Bead

Museum number:
2-39714
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020039714
Alternate number:
502 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2040
Description:
Dentalium shell; with incised hour-glass design. Empty vial found during inventory, 7/31/12, AT.
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer and University Appropriation
Collection place:
NV-Ch-15, Churchill County, Nevada
Collector:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
1965
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 0.3 centimeters and length 1.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 2-39714, described as Dentalium shell; with incised hour-glass design. Empty vial found during inventory, 7/31/12, AT.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 2-39714, described as Dentalium shell; with incised hour-glass design. Empty vial found during inventory, 7/31/12, AT.

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