Board

Museum number:
1-838
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2838 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Thin carved redwood. Painted cross on the handle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Hoopa Valley
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 27, 1901
Taxon:
Sequoia sempervirens
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Used by male dnacers in Hupa girls puberty rites.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 70.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "... described by Kroeber in "Handbook" [...] and by Goddard (UCAAE 1:1)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Board, accession number 1-838, described as Thin carved redwood. Painted cross on the handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Board, accession number 1-838, described as Thin carved redwood. Painted cross on the handle.

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