Dentalium Shells Item Number: E178917-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
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.
Item History
- Made in USA
- Collected by Charles C. Jones Jr. and Dr. Charles Rau in USA
- Received on December 10, 1887
What
- Name
- Dentalium Shells
- Identification Number
- E178917-0
- Type of Item
- shell
Who
- Culture
- Indian
- Field Collector
- Charles C. Jones Jr. and Dr. Charles Rau
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- USA
- Collected in
- USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on December 10, 1887
Other
- Accession Number
- 019931