Amulet

Museum number:
1-28811
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010028811
Accession number:
Acc.668
Description:
Abalone shell amulet, embodying mana obtained by drinking jimsonweed (Datura).
Donor:
Erminie W. Voegelin
Collection place:
Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
near Walker Pass, surface
Collector:
Erminie W. Voegelin
Collection date:
June 1933
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets
Accession date:
1931
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
found while pinon gathering
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Amulet, accession number 1-28811, described as Abalone shell amulet, embodying mana obtained by drinking jimsonweed (Datura).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Amulet, accession number 1-28811, described as Abalone shell amulet, embodying mana obtained by drinking jimsonweed (Datura).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 1-28811, described as Abalone shell amulet, embodying mana obtained by drinking jimsonweed (Datura).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 1-28811, described as Abalone shell amulet, embodying mana obtained by drinking jimsonweed (Datura).

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