Ornament, shell, abalone. Perforated, all except (w and oi) round, cog-shaped, with dentate circumference. (n, w, oi) diamond shaped. Used for sacred belts.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Haupt Ranch, Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Sonoma; Haupt Ranch
Culture or time period:
Kashia
Collector:
Mrs. Haupt and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 8-9, 1901
Taxon:
Haliotis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
For sacred belts.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 8.8 centimeters
Comment:
Note: June 1992-following specimens missing: f, g, l, o, t, oa, ob, od, of, og, oh. Published: AR9, p. 113, (K, M) 9k,t,od,of
Loans:
S1964-1965 #32: Highlands Elementary School/Zelda Bellichi (November 11, 1964–November 30, 1964) and S1987-1988 #43: Sonoma County Museum (April 19, 1988–September 12, 1988)