Shell

Museum number:
1-27139a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210127139a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.640
Description:
(a) 13 shell string of decorated dentalia. (b) Shell string of decorated dentalia.
Donor:
Gladys Ayer Nomland and Jorgen O. Nomland
Collection place:
Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt
Culture or time period:
Bear River Athabascans
Collector:
Gladys Ayer Nomland
Collection date:
1929
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shell samples
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shell, accession number 1-27139a,b, described as (a) 13 shell string of decorated dentalia. (b) Shell string of decorated dentalia.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shell, accession number 1-27139a,b, described as (a) 13 shell string of decorated dentalia. (b) Shell string of decorated dentalia.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-27139a,b, described as (a) 13 shell string of decorated dentalia. (b) Shell string of decorated dentalia.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-27139a,b, described as (a) 13 shell string of decorated dentalia. (b) Shell string of decorated dentalia.

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