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Dentalium
Object Number 06-5-10/66948
Display Title Dentalium
Descriptions
Object Description Dentalium currency. String of standard length. See Authorities File for more detailed discussion.
Inventory Description Currency, string of dentalia shells, wrapped with snakeskin, red string, sinew
Classification
  • Hat
  • Currency
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hupa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Dentalium, Clam shell, Snakeskin, Sinew, Cotton string, Pigment, Dentalium
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm (13 3/4 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66948 & 06-5-10/66948 [written on mount board]
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1905-1906 - 1906)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1906 - 1906)

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