Not Given, Hoopa Valley Reservation, California, United States, North America
Accession Date:
30 Oct 1908
Notes:
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.
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."
