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Shell bead 'money'
Object Number 09-8-10/74866
Display Title Shell bead 'money'
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bead, shell, cylindrical, hollow
Classification
  • Bead
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Foothill
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 4.1 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (1 5/8 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 09-8-10/74866
Provenance
Provenance Rev. J. W. Millar (1895-1909)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1909 - 1909)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1909 - 1909)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1909)

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