Accession number: Acc.17 / Loans: S1975-1976 #43: California Academy of Sciences (December 16, 1975–March 23, 1978) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Apron

Museum number:: 1-1686
Culture or time period:: Yurok
Object class:: Aprons (main garments)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1901

2. Burden basket

Museum number:: 1-1479
Culture or time period:: Yurok
Object class:: Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:: 1.2 Gathering
Dimensions:: diameter 37 centimeters and height 28 centimeters
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1901
Taxon:: Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax

3. Canoe

Museum number:: 1-1700
Culture or time period:: Yurok
Object class:: Canoes
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Dimensions:: depth 45.7 centimeters, width 122 centimeters, and length 538.8 centimeters
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1901
Taxon:: Sequoia sempervirens

4. Dress

Museum number:: 1-1685
Culture or time period:: Yurok
Object class:: Dresses (garments)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1901

5. Headband

Museum number:: 1-1527a,b
Culture or time period:: Hupa
Object class:: Headbands (headgear)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1901

6. Paddle

Museum number:: 1-1704
Culture or time period:: Yurok
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1901

7. Shell money

Museum number:: 1-1573
Culture or time period:: Yurok
Object class:: Shell money
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: 5 centimeters
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1901
Taxon:: Dentaliidae