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: Hearst Museum object titled Univalve shell, accession number 11-17169, described as Shell, univalve: Conus marmoreus Linnaeus
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: Hearst Museum object titled Univalve shell, accession number 11-17274, described as Shell, univalve: Heliscus cf. H. dorsuosus Hinds
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: Hearst Museum object titled Univalve shell (limpet), accession number 11-12029, described as Limpet
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: Hearst Museum object titled Univalve shells, accession number 1-154178, described as Univalve shells
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Shell
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Shell: univalve
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768
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Coral
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10
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Edward W. Gifford
16,504
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Richard Shutler Jr.
11,929
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Delila S. Gifford
3,751
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Francis A. Riddell
984
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Robert Fleming Heizer
937
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Ronald Leroy Olson
752
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Max Uhle
705
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James Allan Bennyhoff
672
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Arnold R. Pilling
551
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
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Viking Fund Incorporated
11,829
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
3,871
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University Appropriation
3,576
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University of California Archaeological Survey
1,744
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst
975
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Robert Fleming Heizer
859
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Ronald Leroy Olson
796
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California Archaeological Survey
502
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William Clifford Massey
433
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Sylvia M. Broadbent
394
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Micronesian
3,767
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3,762
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Melanesian cultures
733
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724
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724
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596
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South America
591
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Peruvian sequence
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Seashell
1,278
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Shell (animal material)
964
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Spondylus pictorum
332
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Olivella shell
187
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Conus fergusoni
158
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Abalone shell
117
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Clam shell (salt water)
85
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Spondylus
42
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40
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27
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Spondylus pictorum
362
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Haliotis
287
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Olivella biplicata
172
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Clinocardium nuttallii
161
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Conus fergusoni
159
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Haliotis rufescens (red abalone)
136
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Mytilus californianus
111
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Leukoma staminea
72
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Anadara antiquata
62
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Tresus nuttalli
47
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Vishnu (Hindu deity)
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Acc.1088
11,101
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Acc.1187
3,755
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Acc.916
728
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Acc.81
595
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Acc.633
438
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Acc.UCAS-33
393
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Acc.626
273
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Acc.1295
223
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Acc.1133
222
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Acc.956
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Cusco Region, Southern Peru
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8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
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7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
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S1964-1965 #91: Mrs. Freddie Curtis/Richard Shutler Jr. (April 28, 1965–September 28, 1965)
411
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S1964-1965 #108: Mrs. Freddie Curtis/Richard Shutler Jr. (June 21, 1965–March 31, 1966)
280
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S1964-1965 #74: State of California, Division of Beaches and Parks/Francis A. Riddell (March 19, 1965–September 2, 1981)
198
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S2001-2002 #15: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (January 23, 2002–January 23, 2003)
46
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S2004-2005 #8: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (May 17, 2005–June 20, 2025)
45
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S1949-1950 #1: University of Washington/William Clifford Massey (dates unknown)
29
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S2007-2008 #8: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (February 25, 2008–June 24, 2010)
21
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S1985-1986 #37: State Archaeology Lab/Peter Schultz (May 7, 1986–June 12, 1986)
19
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S1971-1972 #82: Zoology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (October 10, 1971–May 25, 1972)
13
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S1964-1965 #70: Department of Anthropology (CSU Sacramento)/Sam Payen (March 12, 1965–May 1965)
11
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