Necklace

Museum number:
1-71832
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Made of Haliotis ornaments. Strung. 14 keystone shaped abalone shells suspended from row of red, white, and black glass beads.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Sierra foothills, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Taxon:
Haliotis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 51 centimeters
Loans:
S2005-2006 #5: California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (October 7, 2005–March 15, 2006)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Necklace, accession number 1-71832, described as Made of Haliotis ornaments. Strung. 14 keystone shaped abalone shells suspended from row of red, white, and black glass beads.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Necklace, accession number 1-71832, described as Made of Haliotis ornaments. Strung. 14 keystone shaped abalone shells suspended from row of red, white, and black glass beads.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Necklace, accession number 1-71832, described as Made of Haliotis ornaments. Strung. 14 keystone shaped abalone shells suspended from row of red, white, and black glass beads.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-71832, described as Made of Haliotis ornaments. Strung. 14 keystone shaped abalone shells suspended from row of red, white, and black glass beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-71832, described as Made of Haliotis ornaments. Strung. 14 keystone shaped abalone shells suspended from row of red, white, and black glass beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-71832, described as Made of Haliotis ornaments. Strung. 14 keystone shaped abalone shells suspended from row of red, white, and black glass beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-71832, described as Made of Haliotis ornaments. Strung. 14 keystone shaped abalone shells suspended from row of red, white, and black glass beads.

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