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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-18808, described as Obsidian Small bone object"; "Obsidian" crossed out, "bone object" circled and arrow drawn to L-18806, and "Whole abalone" added in pencil.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-13885, described as Abalone shell blank and paint mixer.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-19461, described as 20 circular abalones - 11 rectangular abalones"; "20 circular", the "s" in the first "abalones", "11", and the second "abalones" all crossed out in pencil (dittoed down from L-19456).
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-19459, described as 20 circular abalones - 11 rectangular abalones"; "20 circular", the "s" in the first "abalones", "11", and the second "abalones" all crossed out in pencil (dittoed down from L-19456).
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-19458, described as 20 circular abalones - 11 rectangular abalones"; "20 circular", the "s" in the first "abalones", "11", and the second "abalones" all crossed out in pencil (dittoed down from L-19456).
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-19464, described as 20 circular abalones - 11 rectangular abalones"; "20 circular", the "s" in the first "abalones", "11", and the second "abalones" all crossed out in pencil (dittoed down from L-19456).
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-19467, described as 20 circular abalones - 11 rectangular abalones"; "20 circular", the "s" in the first "abalones", "11", and the second "abalones" all crossed out in pencil (dittoed down from L-19456).
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: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone, accession number L-18809, described as Whole.
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Richard Shutler Jr.
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Delila S. Gifford
4,092
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Robert Fleming Heizer
3,769
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James Allan Bennyhoff
1,742
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Ronald Leroy Olson
1,212
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Francis A. Riddell
1,196
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Max Uhle
1,039
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Anthropology 195
1,026
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Clement W. Meighan
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Viking Fund Incorporated
13,780
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University Appropriation
10,352
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
4,208
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University of California Archaeological Survey
3,741
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Robert Fleming Heizer
3,311
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Phoebe Apperson Hearst
2,056
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Ronald Leroy Olson
1,276
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James Allan Bennyhoff
1,173
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Colin L. Busby
898
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Edward W. Gifford
771
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Ellen Amos [Miwok]
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Louise Rios
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158
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Zea mays
457
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362
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Haliotis
288
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Olivella biplicata
182
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Clinocardium nuttallii
165
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Conus fergusoni
159
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Haliotis rufescens (red abalone)
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Mytilus californianus
131
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Leukoma staminea
77
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Acc.1187
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Acc.633
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Cusco Region, Southern Peru
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S1964-1965 #91: Mrs. Freddie Curtis/Richard Shutler Jr. (April 28, 1965–September 28, 1965)
412
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S1964-1965 #108: Mrs. Freddie Curtis/Richard Shutler Jr. (June 21, 1965–March 31, 1966)
282
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S1964-1965 #74: State of California, Division of Beaches and Parks/Francis A. Riddell (March 19, 1965–September 2, 1981)
250
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S1942-1943 #5: Edgar Anderson/Edgar Anderson (March 1, 1943–June 15, 1943)
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S2001-2002 #15: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (January 23, 2002–January 23, 2003)
186
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S2004-2005 #8: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Kent Lightfoot (May 17, 2005–June 20, 2025)
170
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S1949-1950 #1: University of Washington/William Clifford Massey (dates unknown)
117
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S2008-2009 #11: Seed Lab, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center (CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture)/Department of Agriculture, UC Davis (April 6, 2009–December 1, 2009)
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S1987-1988 #41: University of North Carolina/Geirge R. Holcomb (March 29, 1988–July 6, 1990)
74
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S1972-1973 #77: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (April 6, 1973–July 4, 1973)
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