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Object Number 08-4-10/73185.1
Display Title Strings of money
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, 12 snakeskin wrapped dentalia shells, incised, fiber cord
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 5.1 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm (2 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 73185 & 08-4-10/73185 [written on mount board]
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1908)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1908)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1908)

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