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Object Number 79-63-10/19750
Display Title Shell jar of beads and string of shell beads
Descriptions
Object Description Shell beads
Inventory Description Organic, shell beads, in glass jar and on a wire
Classification
  • Bead
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Missouri / St. Louis County / St. Louis / Big Mound
Intrasite Burial Mound
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 1.1 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (7/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 14 shells on wire and approximately 200 in jar
Label on object 19750
Provenance
Collector William H. Pulsifer (01/01/1869)
Donor William H. Pulsifer (01/01/1879)

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Carabobo
Image Not Available for String of shell beads
95-21-10/49056 String of shell beads
Bead
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Image Not Available for String of beads, ostrich egg shell
47-13-50/6793 String of beads, ostrich egg shell
Bead
Jebel Moya
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Bead
Colombia