Snake skin

Museum number:
1-1657
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
241 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Three sections.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
Used to decorate dentalium shells.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Snake skin, accession number 1-1657, described as Three sections.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Snake skin, accession number 1-1657, described as Three sections.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Snake skin, accession number 1-1657, described as Three sections.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snake skin, accession number 1-1657, described as Three sections.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snake skin, accession number 1-1657, described as Three sections.

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