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Dorothy A. E. Garrod
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John Desmond Clark
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Charles M. Keller
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Historical Monuments Commission of Rhodesia
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Theodore D. McCown
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Heywood W. Seton-Karr
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J. H. Power
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Sonia R. Ragir
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South African Museum
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American School of Prehistoric Research
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University)
898
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John Desmond Clark
339
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South African Museum
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Historical Monuments Commission of Rhodesia
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Natural History Museum (London)
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Homer H. Kidder
48
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Mrs. Homer H. Kidder
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Heywood W. Seton-Karr
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112
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217
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Acc.1898
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Acc.1805
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Acc.1495
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Piedmont Avenue, UC Berkeley campus, Alameda County
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S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)
719
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S2023-2024 #1: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Lisa Maher (February 7, 2025–unknown)
580
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S1965-1966 #4: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (July 13, 1965–July 15, 1965)
6
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S1960-1961 #14: California Academy of Sciences (December 22, 1960–December 27, 1960)
4
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S1963-1964 #30: Department of Anthropology (UC Davis) (dates unknown)
4
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S1963-1964 #57: University of California, Davis (February 5, 1964–May 12, 1964)
4
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S1966-1967 #74: Education (UC Berkeley) (February 22, 1967–February 28, 1967)
4
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S1963-1964 #31: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (October 25, 1963–October 31, 1963)
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S1954-1955 #5: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (June 29, 1955–July 6, 1955)
2
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S1963-1964 #17: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (September 25, 1963–October 2, 1963)
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