Beads

Museum number:
1-221836
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1860 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Shell beads, 8 feet 3 inch strings. Found with 3 skeletons buried together, all adults. Several badly decayed shell ornaments, a large clam shell, and some paint also found.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
CA-SJo-83, San Joaquin County, California
Collector:
James A. Barr and Rollie Eichus
Collection date:
September 16, 1900
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Unassociated funerary objects
Dimensions:
8 feet
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-221836, described as Shell beads, 8 feet 3 inch strings. Found with 3 skeletons buried together, all adults. Several badly decayed shell ornaments, a large clam shell, and some paint also found.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-221836, described as Shell beads, 8 feet 3 inch strings. Found with 3 skeletons buried together, all adults. Several badly decayed shell ornaments, a large clam shell, and some paint also found.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 1-221836, described as Shell beads, 8 feet 3 inch strings. Found with 3 skeletons buried together, all adults. Several badly decayed shell ornaments, a large clam shell, and some paint also found.

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