Abalone pendant found with no PAHMA number. Number on object refers to Barr collection, no museum number ever assigned.
Collection place:
CA-SJo-86, San Joaquin County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Pool Mound
Collector:
James A. Barr
Collection date:
February 2, 1900
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Pendants (jewelry)
Department:
Unassociated funerary objects
Comment:
Per Barr ledger: 1467- 1498 ... "Found with #1469 both with square opening. Sixteen other whistles by side of head, a few inches to right. Three fragments of whistles with the 16. Ten shell ornaments and five etched pieces of what was probably a large ornament found on breast. Two of the ten ornaments are shell effigies or parts of “banjo” gorgets. Pool Mound HH Barr Feb. 2, 1900.