Accession No
1962.56 B
Description
Haliotis (abalone) shell ornaments, perforated at both end.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; California; Sacramento County
Period
Late Horizon
Source
University of California, Berkeley [donor]; Lillard, Jeremiah B. [collector]; Gibbs, Henry [collector]; Sacramento County Board of Education [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1962.56 B; L-1838 [Hearst Museum no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Haliotis Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See card for photograph
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Henry Gibbs, Jeremiah B. Lillard, and Sacramento County Board of Education in 1931 from Bennet Mound.
Note: the exchange list (Doc.576) spells the site as 'Bennett Mound' and gives the site code as Sac-60, but the Hearst Museum records for this site spells the site as 'Bennet Mound' and gives the code as CA-Sac-16.
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 1962.56 A-C: 'Haliotis ornaments, perforated at both ends.'
Event Date 1962
Author: maa
FM:326478
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