Name/Title
Cowry type Seashell used as a decoration by the Clinton familyEntry/Object ID
1994.42.25Description
Acc. No. 94.42.25
Subject Category: Household
Date or Period: Unknown
Object: Sea shell
Description:
A seashell (cowry type) with a brown mottled pattern on white background.
History of Object: A seashell used as a decoration by the Clinton family, early African American family of Alameda.
Acquired from: Albert Stefani,
Date: 11-19-1994Interpretative Labels
Label
7/12/2020 MvL: current label in display cabinet:
EARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN
RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA
Photographs and other objects from the Clinton family that settled here in 1889. In 1912 they purchased their own residence on Morton St.
