Shell

Museum number:
1-2109
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002109
Alternate number:
693 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Fiber extractor, mussel shell; semi-rectangular cross section of shell with two holes drilled near the center; raw hide strip inserted for finger grip.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shell samples
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 4 centimeters and length 6.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-2109, described as Fiber extractor, mussel shell; semi-rectangular cross section of shell with two holes drilled near the center; raw hide strip inserted for finger grip.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-2109, described as Fiber extractor, mussel shell; semi-rectangular cross section of shell with two holes drilled near the center; raw hide strip inserted for finger grip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 1-2109, described as Fiber extractor, mussel shell; semi-rectangular cross section of shell with two holes drilled near the center; raw hide strip inserted for finger grip.

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