Shell

Museum number:
1-19889
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010019889
Accession number:
Acc.477 and Acc.477I
Description:
Dentalium shells, found in Ishi's trunk after his death.
Donor:
Ishi
Collection place:
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Francisco; San Francisco
Culture or time period:
Yana
Collector:
Ishi
Collection date:
1915
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shell samples
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1915 and 1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-20154.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #26: California State Indian Museum (November 15, 1962–October 7, 1964), S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966), and S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shell, accession number 1-19889, described as Dentalium shells, found in Ishi's trunk after his death.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shell, accession number 1-19889, described as Dentalium shells, found in Ishi's trunk after his death.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-19889, described as Dentalium shells, found in Ishi's trunk after his death.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-19889, described as Dentalium shells, found in Ishi's trunk after his death.

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