Money purse

Museum number:
1-2215
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002215
Alternate number:
799 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Antler, hollow, curved; rectangular longitudinal slot at center; raised flange at each end, with 4 transverse grooves; zigzag and acute triangle design at end of flange.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Money purses
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Context of use:
For carrying dentalium shells.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 2.8 centimeters and length 9.4 centimeters
Loans:
S1979-1980 #72: Hoopa Tribal Museum (June 23, 1980–January 23, 1981) and S1987-1988 #47: Mary Keegan (June 27, 1988–June 29, 1988)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-2215, described as Antler, hollow, curved; rectangular longitudinal slot at center; raised flange at each end, with 4 transverse grooves; zigzag and acute triangle design at end of flange.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-2215, described as Antler, hollow, curved; rectangular longitudinal slot at center; raised flange at each end, with 4 transverse grooves; zigzag and acute triangle design at end of flange.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-2215, described as Antler, hollow, curved; rectangular longitudinal slot at center; raised flange at each end, with 4 transverse grooves; zigzag and acute triangle design at end of flange.

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