Dentalium Shells
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Dec 1887
name: label: Collector
content: Charles C. Jones Jr.
label: Collector
content: Dr. Charles Rau
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Charles Rau
notes: label: Notes
content: Original list in the accession file identifies the dentalium shells as "... from the Northwest Coast (north of California). Used by the Indians of that region, under the name of "Haiqua", as ornament and money". Rau acquired from Col. Charles C. Jones Jr.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 15
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Indian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 019931
label: USNM Number
content: E178917-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shell