Fish stringer

Museum number:
1-4352
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004352
Alternate number:
1599 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
Description:
Slightly curved willow stick, pointed at one end, less so at other. Has string binding; the string is composed of 2 strands of twisted fiber, twisted again to make a cord; bound to stick with same fiber.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mohave Valley, Mohave County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 31 centimeters, 8 centimeters, and height 7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish stringer, accession number 1-4352, described as Slightly curved willow stick, pointed at one end, less so at other. Has string binding; the string is composed of 2 strands of twisted fiber, twisted again to make a cord; bound to stick with same fiber.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish stringer, accession number 1-4352, described as Slightly curved willow stick, pointed at one end, less so at other. Has string binding; the string is composed of 2 strands of twisted fiber, twisted again to make a cord; bound to stick with same fiber.

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