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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
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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