Jaw breaker

Museum number:
1-1620
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
204 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
Inserted in mouth of salmon to break its head.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 7.4 centimeters and length 45 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Jaw breaker, accession number 1-1620, described as Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Jaw breaker, accession number 1-1620, described as Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Jaw breaker, accession number 1-1620, described as Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Jaw breaker, accession number 1-1620, described as Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Jaw breaker, accession number 1-1620, described as Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Jaw breaker, accession number 1-1620, described as Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Jaw breaker, accession number 1-1620, described as Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Jaw breaker, accession number 1-1620, described as Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jaw breaker, accession number 1-1620, described as Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jaw breaker, accession number 1-1620, described as Of handcarved wood, paddle-shaped. Handle with squared edges. Distal end deteriorating.

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