Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 2000–800 BC (Middle to Late Holocene period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Southern California: Early Period (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Orville T. Littleton (O.T. Littleton/Orville Thomas Littleton), Non-Indian, 1885-1967
- Previous owner
- Orville T. Littleton (O.T. Littleton/Orville Thomas Littleton), Non-Indian, 1885-1967
- Seller
- Orville T. Littleton (O.T. Littleton/Orville Thomas Littleton), Non-Indian, 1885-1967
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of amateur archaeologist Orville T. Littleton (1885-1967) and possibly collected by him; purchased by MAI from Orville Littleton in 1939.
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- Place
- Point Dume; Los Angeles County; California; USA
- See related items
- Southern California: Early Period (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 20/1011
- Barcode
- 201011.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_214797