Shells and beads

Museum number:
1-71877
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010071877
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Red and blue glass beads, dentalia shells and 1 red cylinder.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Piece count is blank on card, description is plural.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #14: Samuel A. Barrett (September 24, 1962–October 11, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shells and beads, accession number 1-71877, described as Red and blue glass beads, dentalia shells and 1 red cylinder.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shells and beads, accession number 1-71877, described as Red and blue glass beads, dentalia shells and 1 red cylinder.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shells and beads, accession number 1-71877, described as Red and blue glass beads, dentalia shells and 1 red cylinder.

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