Wedge

Museum number:
1-198153
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010198153
Accession number:
Acc.1377
Description:
Elk antler. Carved with one end tapered, never used. Used for splitting planks off sections of redwood tree.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Maker or artist:
Homer Cooper
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
December 1960
Materials:
Antler (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1960
Context of use:
Used for splitting planks off sections of redwood tree.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 21.7 centimeters and width 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
Created for Samuel Barrett American Indian film project. See 26-322 for manufacture demonstration.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wedge, accession number 1-198153, described as Elk antler. Carved with one end tapered, never used. Used for splitting planks off sections of redwood tree.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wedge, accession number 1-198153, described as Elk antler. Carved with one end tapered, never used. Used for splitting planks off sections of redwood tree.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wedge, accession number 1-198153, described as Elk antler. Carved with one end tapered, never used. Used for splitting planks off sections of redwood tree.

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