Shaped. From Ishi's last house in Yahi territory. Wood.
Donor:
Ishi
Collection place:
Deer Creek, Tehama County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tehama; Deer Creek
Culture or time period:
Yana
Maker or artist:
Ishi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
May 1914
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1914 and 1915
Context of use:
Possibly walking stick.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1962-1963 #26: California State Indian Museum (November 15, 1962–October 7, 1964), S1969-1970 #64: California State University, Chico (December 31, 1969–August 31, 1970), and S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971)