Fiber extractor

Museum number:
1-9356
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009356
Alternate number:
230 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.210
Description:
Fiber extractor, mussel shell (cracked, two pieces missing). Two holes drilled near distal end. Leather thong inserted for finger grip.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Kepel, Klamath River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Kepel
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used for extracting string fiber from Iris leaves.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 8.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fiber extractor, accession number 1-9356, described as Fiber extractor, mussel shell (cracked, two pieces missing). Two holes drilled near distal end. Leather thong inserted for finger grip.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiber extractor, accession number 1-9356, described as Fiber extractor, mussel shell (cracked, two pieces missing). Two holes drilled near distal end. Leather thong inserted for finger grip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiber extractor, accession number 1-9356, described as Fiber extractor, mussel shell (cracked, two pieces missing). Two holes drilled near distal end. Leather thong inserted for finger grip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiber extractor, accession number 1-9356, described as Fiber extractor, mussel shell (cracked, two pieces missing). Two holes drilled near distal end. Leather thong inserted for finger grip.

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