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Start Over Object class Carvings (visual works) Donor Alfred L. Kroeber
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-10427a,b, described as Feather box and lid, carved out of a block of wood; leather thong loop through handle of box; box has handle with step pattern; lid triangular handle with notch on top; long sides are grooved.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-10426a,b, described as Feather box and lid, carved out of a block of wood; leather thong loop through handle of box; box has square handle; lid has small handle with step pattern; width end (opposite from handle) is cut down to accommodate lid.
Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 1-9391, described as Large, deep steatite dish, edge carved.
Hearst Museum object titled Door, accession number 1-11653, described as Carved slab containing door to living house. Made of cedar.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Hook, accession number 2-10396, described as Made of wood; leather strip with loop is tied to long end; v-shaped, hook end curves off to one side and is half length of long end; cylindrical and uncarved; forked at long end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Hook, accession number 2-10395, described as Made of wood; leather strip with loop is tied to long end; v-shaped, hook end 2/3 length of long end; carved flat; split at long end.
Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-9569, described as Handcarved of wood. Flat distal end curving to round proximal end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shed stick, accession number 2-10420, described as Made of wood; diagonal cut at one end to form point; other end narrowed to form handle; square hole in end of handle with white cloth strip tied through it. "R.A." carved in handle.
Hearst Museum object titled Single pan balance, accession number 9-168a-d, described as Scale, single pan balance; a) case, wood, banjo-shaped; 2 hinged halves, rattan sliding band; b) beam, carved bone, marked with callibrations; c) pan, brass; d) weight, brass oval. Pan and weight attached to beam by heavy thread. Two threads ending in tassels attached to beam. Context of use: For weighing small amounts of jewelery, drugs, etc. Weight is slid along marked beam, each dot signifying a unit. Red tasssels affect balance as well. Unit of measurement is 1/1000 tael; usually go up to about 8 taels or 1/2 a catty (slightly more than 8 oz.), according to Niloufer Hirschmann (refer to 9-13629a-d). Remarks on 9-168 state that “weighings from outermost loop on shortest scale are from 0-2 pounds and divided into 12 ounces each; from middle loop on middle scale from 1 - 7 1/4; from inner loop on longest scale from 5 to 26.”
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Throwing stick, accession number 2-10431, described as Knobby stick; wood, cylindrical with knob at one end; shaft and other end carved smooth for throwing at rabbits.

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