String

Museum number:
1-12757
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012757
Alternate number:
2029 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Red string, twisted fiber (irs?), one skein.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Tied about body of sick person. Ends are held by attendant and doctor throws a cap (kwa) at it with force. If it breaks, the patient will die, if the string holds the patient will live.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "letc notc".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled String, accession number 1-12757, described as Red string, twisted fiber (irs?), one skein.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled String, accession number 1-12757, described as Red string, twisted fiber (irs?), one skein.

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