Cordage material

Museum number:
1-230632
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2871
Description:
Apocynum cannabinum stems, bundle.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
San Antonio River, Monterey County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Monterey; San Antonio River
Culture or time period:
Salinan
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection date:
ca. 1968
Taxon:
Apocynum cannabinum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cordage
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1972
Context of use:
The thin fibrous bark is one of the most widely used cordage materials...North American Indians. The plant is abundant in small stream beds in Salinan country, was almost certainly utilized by them for making cordage and nets.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cordage material, accession number 1-230632, described as Apocynum cannabinum stems, bundle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cordage material, accession number 1-230632, described as Apocynum cannabinum stems, bundle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cordage material, accession number 1-230632, described as Apocynum cannabinum stems, bundle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cordage material, accession number 1-230632, described as Apocynum cannabinum stems, bundle.

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