Decoy

Museum number:
1-41966
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010041966
Accession number:
Acc.500EL
Description:
Duck decoy, of tule body covered with duck skin.
Donor:
Mrs. Omer C. Stewart and Omer C. Stewart
Collection place:
Stillwater Reservation, Churchill County, Nevada
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute
Maker or artist:
James "Jimmy" George
Collector:
Omer C. Stewart
Collection date:
July 1936
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
September 26, 1936
Context of use:
Duck decoy.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-21193.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #57: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (April 3, 1962–April 3, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1966-1967 #103: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 4, 1967–May 4, 1967), S1967-1968 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 15, 1968–February 15, 1968), S1972-1973 #55: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (January 31, 1973–February 8, 1973), S1987-1988 #16: California Academy of Sciences (September 11, 1987–February 19, 1988), S1990-1991 #33: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (August 19, 1991–October 30, 1991), and S2010-2011 #4: SFO Museum (March 1, 2011–December 9, 2011)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Decoy, accession number 1-41966, described as Duck decoy, of tule body covered with duck skin.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Decoy, accession number 1-41966, described as Duck decoy, of tule body covered with duck skin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Decoy, accession number 1-41966, described as Duck decoy, of tule body covered with duck skin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Decoy, accession number 1-41966, described as Duck decoy, of tule body covered with duck skin.

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