Shell necklace. 4 parallel rows of clam shell disks on neckband. Inverted crescent shaped pendants in one row, triangles and round shell disks suspended beneath crescents. Made with cotton twine, haliotis shell, and clam shell.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Taxon:
Haliotis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
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:
width 28 centimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #66: California State University, East Bay (February 14, 1975–March 12, 1976) and S1987-1988 #43: Sonoma County Museum (April 19, 1988–September 12, 1988)