Face wiper

Museum number:
1-1677
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
261 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Bone, flat, elliptical; dentalium shell carrying handle tied to bone through pierced hole at one end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
Used by girls at first menstruation.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
bone— width 2.8 centimeters and bone— length 17.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Face wiper, accession number 1-1677, described as Bone, flat, elliptical; dentalium shell carrying handle tied to bone through pierced hole at one end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Face wiper, accession number 1-1677, described as Bone, flat, elliptical; dentalium shell carrying handle tied to bone through pierced hole at one end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Face wiper, accession number 1-1677, described as Bone, flat, elliptical; dentalium shell carrying handle tied to bone through pierced hole at one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Face wiper, accession number 1-1677, described as Bone, flat, elliptical; dentalium shell carrying handle tied to bone through pierced hole at one end.

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