Money box

Museum number:
1-810a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2810 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
a) money box; section of elk antler, hollow; rectangular slit in center and tab at each end; incised geometric design throughout, with pigmented bands at ends; L 18.0 cm X Dia 5.7 cm; b) cover for slit, bone; rounded silver, incised geometric design on one side; L 10.5 cm X W 1.1 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Hoopa Valley
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 27, 1901
Materials:
Antler (material) and Bone (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
b— length 10.5 centimeters, b— width 1.1 centimeters, a— length 18 centimeters, and a— diameter 5.7 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "AAE I, Pl 18, Fig. 1; AAE XXIV, 7, pl 115 b
Loans:
S1970-1971 #98: Lowie Museum of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 24, 1971–March 24, 1971), S1988-1989 #16: Heffernan Films (October 13, 1988–October 17, 1988), and S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money box, accession number 1-810a,b, described as a) money box; section of elk antler, hollow; rectangular slit in center and tab at each end; incised geometric design throughout, with pigmented bands at ends; L 18.0 cm X Dia 5.7 cm; b) cover for slit, bone; rounded silver, incised geometric design on one side; L 10.5 cm X W 1.1 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money box, accession number 1-810a,b, described as a) money box; section of elk antler, hollow; rectangular slit in center and tab at each end; incised geometric design throughout, with pigmented bands at ends; L 18.0 cm X Dia 5.7 cm; b) cover for slit, bone; rounded silver, incised geometric design on one side; L 10.5 cm X W 1.1 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money box, accession number 1-810a,b, described as a) money box; section of elk antler, hollow; rectangular slit in center and tab at each end; incised geometric design throughout, with pigmented bands at ends; L 18.0 cm X Dia 5.7 cm; b) cover for slit, bone; rounded silver, incised geometric design on one side; L 10.5 cm X W 1.1 cm.

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