Bone with cloth-wrapped handle and sharp point. Described as being "old" when first collected. (tulla)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Sheep Ranch, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Sheep Ranch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Awls
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used in sewing and weaving.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Described as "old" when first collected. Native name: "tulla". Photo: 15-4814. Published: Milw. Pub. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 39.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #63: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 3, 1962–May 3, 1962), S1964-1965 #41: Art Department (SF State University)/Lawrence E. Dawson (December 15, 1964–December 15, 1964), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), S1966-1967 #109: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 11, 1967–May 11, 1967), S1966-1967 #14: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (October 20, 1966–January 20, 1967), S1967-1968 #37: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (October 9, 1967–November 15, 1967), S1971-1972 #4: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (July 12, 1971–July 26, 1971), S1977-1978 #75: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 15, 1978–June 20, 1978), and S1978-1979 #71: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 12, 1979–June 13, 1979)