Purse

Museum number:
1-259269a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101259269a@2dc
Alternate number:
1-259269 and 1-259269a,b
Accession number:
Acc.4667
Description:
a) purse, elk horn; hollowed out interior linrd with black fabric; rectangular slot at center; incised basketry patterns on top, sides, and around both ends. b) Cover. c) Buckskin thong, for cover attachment.
Donor:
George Blake Jr.
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
United States, California, Hoopa.
Culture or time period:
Hupa and Yurok
Maker or artist:
George Blake Jr.
Collector:
Ira Jacknis
Collection date:
2-11-1995
Materials:
Antler (material) and Buckskin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Money purses
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Production date:
December 1994
Accession date:
February 16, 1995
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 14 centimeters, b— width 2.5 centimeters, b— length 7 centimeters, and width 6 centimeters
Comment:
Purse made for sale in December 1994. Selected by Ira Jacknis on February 11, 1995 from a group of objects brought to the museum by George Blake.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Purse, accession number 1-259269a-c, described as a) purse, elk horn; hollowed out interior linrd with black fabric; rectangular slot at center; incised basketry patterns on top, sides, and around both ends. b) Cover. c) Buckskin thong, for cover attachment.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Purse, accession number 1-259269a-c, described as a) purse, elk horn; hollowed out interior linrd with black fabric; rectangular slot at center; incised basketry patterns on top, sides, and around both ends. b) Cover. c) Buckskin thong, for cover attachment.

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