Shell-Money
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Oct 1908
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: WHILE THE PROVENIENCE IS NOT CONFIRMED BY THE ACCESSION RECORD, IT IS VERY LIKELY THE HOOPA VALLEY RESERVATION, AS HRDLICKA'S 1908 TB STUDIES TOOK HIM TO THE HOOPA VALLEY AGENCY.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Consisting of dentalium shells fished from the Pacific. They are sometimes decorated with engraving and windings of snake skin and are used as money by the Hupa. The length of the shell determines its value."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Hoopa Valley Reservation, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hupa
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 049349
label: USNM Number
content: E253066-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shell Money