Dentalium
mollusk
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use in Hupa culture
- In Hupa: Traditional culture
…ownership of woodpecker scalps and dentalium shells, the latter of which were probably received in trade from the Yurok. The village’s richest man was its headman; his power and his property passed to his son, but anyone who acquired more property might obtain the dignity and power of that office.…
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