Description (Labels & Markings)
Historic label attached with string, with adhered printed number: '11076'

Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
See card for photograph
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1931 by Jeremiah B. Lillard, Henry Gibbs and Sacramento County Board of Education from Johnson Mound, site code Sac-6.

Event Date 1931
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Acquired in 1962 as part of an exchange with the University of California, Berkeley Museum of Anthropology (now the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology); MAA sent material from Papua New Guinea (Hearst Museum nos. 11-37061 to 11-37086). See archive (Doc.576) for details.
Event Date 1962
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1962.44 A-B: 'Two strings of disc clam shell beads. 1962.44 A: Contains 137 beads. 1962.44 B: Contains 127 beads.'
Event Date 1962
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The exchange list (Doc.576) gave the collection date as 1937, but this appears to be a typo as the Hearst Museum catalogue record for L-11076, and scanned Accession Register, gives the date as 1931. This has been incorporated into the Field Collection information.
Event Date 31/3/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
String of 127 disc-shaped beads. Made from clam shell; discs of irregular thickness with central perforation; white to cream colour, some with natural ridges on one side. Strung on cotton cord.
Event Date 2/4/2025
Author: Katrina Dring