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: Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 4-2335b, described as Small marine univalve, thought to have been used as food
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: Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 4-15a, described as Shell of marine bivalve (Spondylus pictorum); complete.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Weight, accession number 4-3684a, described as Axis of a univalve shell. Worked part of spindle of a shell (possible weight). Columella of a gastropod shell.
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