Hairpin

Museum number:

1-2705

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21010002705

Alternate number:

555 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.89

Description:

Hairpin. Made of wood. Round. Double pointed stick. Well polished from usage.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Upper Lake, Lake County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Lake; Upper Lake

Culture or time period:

Eastern Pomo

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1901

Materials:

Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Hairpins (hair accessories) and Hairpins (pins)

Function:

5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama

Accession date:

1903

Context of use:

For head dress.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

length 59.5 centimeters

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