(a) Pocket tripod in (b) leather case, w/ extendable legs and top mounting platform. Leather case has snapped overflap w/ belt slide. Attached is (c) an aluminum mounting device which appears to be broken. Tripod: L=22.5cm; W=6.0cm; fully extended L=118.5cm
Donor:
Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum, Anthropology and Art Practice building, UC Berkeley
Verbatim coll. place:
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Aluminum (metal), Brass (alloy), Leather, and Steel (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
November 8, 2001
Context of use:
Leather case is marked inside flap “1st Sgt Peter K. Malone” followed by 4 Chinese characters and an inventory of issue number of “M-6847”.