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Unmodified Shell2126/6

Clam shell with hole; hole may be natural.

Material
clam shell
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Modified Shell1989-57/35-E-1

White olivella shell. Hole on one end (natural?); opposite end broken. R.Williams 5/8/98

Material
olivella shell
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Unmodified Shell1989-57/35-P-7

White olivella shell with one broken end. D. Bradley 01/14/99

Material
olivella shell
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Unmodified ShellW3/6/8.5-BEDROCK
Bead, Glass1989-57/35-O-38

Burned olivella shell. D. Bradley 01/27/99

Material
olivella shell
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Copper Fragment1966-100/L-160

Beaten green copper fragment surrounding dentalia? shells with hair or fiber running through them. The catalog book speculates that it could be a brush fragment.

Material
copper metal, dentalium shell and fibre
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Necklace1891.93.5; ?Z 7077

A necklace made of small shells. This could possibly have been re-accessioned as Z 7077.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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ShellE 1910.13

Twentytwo loose dentalium shells.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
dentalium shell
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Decorated Skull2748/6

Decorated skull covered in clay with tight curls of human hair. A red clay face, formed onto a toothless human skull and decorated with brown, beige, and reddish orange facial tattoo, has Cowrie shell eyes, three rows of brown seeds implanted at the hairline of long twisted black hair locks, and circular bone earrings tied into a hole in each ear.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
human bone, human hair, cowrie shell, clay, seed, paint, cotton fibre and bone
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated SkullC624

Clay is molded over the skull to form facial features with cowrie shells used for the eyes. Decorated with dark brown-black curled human hair. Mostly red with some black paint used to accentuate and to decorate the facial features with circular lines, curvi-linear lines, and large dots. Twisted corded fibre is attached through and around the ears.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
human bone, cowrie shell, human hair and clay
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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