Beads

Museum number:
L-14822
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Alternate number:
20 (1938) (burial number)
Accession number:
Acc.806
Description:
String, small clam shell disc beads. Mixed. (a) 152 magnesite; (b) 56 clam; (c) 3 lipped; (d) 1 saucer (added in pencil). Multiple fragments of unanalyzed beads made up of shell.
Donor:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento County Board of Education
Collection place:
CA-Sac-60 (Hicks 1), Sacramento County, California
Collector:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento Junior College
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Magnesite
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Accession date:
February 16, 1942
Context of use:
Burial.
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Dimensions:
weight 46.84 grams
Comment:
Piece count in ledger: "212" written in pencil. "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-14822, described as String, small clam shell disc beads. Mixed. (a) 152 magnesite; (b) 56 clam; (c) 3 lipped; (d) 1 saucer (added in pencil). Multiple fragments of unanalyzed beads made up of shell.

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