Deer head

Museum number:

1-19564

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Accession number:

Acc.483

Description:

Stuffed

Donor:

Merle Apperson

Collection place:

Deer Creek, Tehama County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Tehama; Deer Creek

Culture or time period:

Yana

Maker or artist:

Ishi

Collector:

John Apperson and Merle Apperson

Collection date:

November 1908

Taxon:

Odocoileus

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Accession date:

1914

Context of use:

Used as decoy in deer hunting.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

length 38 centimeters

Comment:

Continued from Provenience Commments: "This batch was purchased for the Museum by A.L. Kroeber from John Apperson of Vina, California who, with his son Merle, was a member of the raiding party." Photo: 15-6015; 6016. Published: "AAE XIII 3, pl. 34" "ISHI, ff p. 100

Loans:

S1962-1963 #26: California State Indian Museum (November 15, 1962–October 7, 1964), S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966), 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)

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