Made of deer antler fork, hollow; polished from use; converging longitudinal slits for insertion of dentalium shells; cross hatch design at center of fork one side only.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area; Klamath R. below Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Money purses
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Money purse.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 13.4 centimeters and width 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
Published: AAE XXIV, 7, pl 107k.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #3: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (July 13, 1964–October 19, 1964)