Money purse

Museum number:
1-1223a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21011223a@2dc
Alternate number:
3223 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
(a) Money purse. Elk antler, hollow; raised flange with 3 deep grooves at each end; longitudinal slit at center; double row of triangles at sides. (b) Cover for (a), splint, rectangular, hole at one end, undecorated. (c) Leather thong attached to (b).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Requa, Klamath (CDP), Del Norte County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Requa
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 7, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Money purses
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 15.5 centimeters, (b)— width 2.5 centimeters, (a)— diameter 5.7 centimeters, and (b)— length 9.6 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "AAE, XXIV, 7, pl 117c
Loans:
S1967-1968 #97: Junior Center of Art and Science (February 27, 1968–May 1, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Money purse, accession number 1-1223a-c, described as (a) Money purse. Elk antler, hollow; raised flange with 3 deep grooves at each end; longitudinal slit at center; double row of triangles at sides. (b) Cover for (a), splint, rectangular, hole at one end, undecorated. (c) Leather thong attached to (b).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Money purse, accession number 1-1223a-c, described as (a) Money purse. Elk antler, hollow; raised flange with 3 deep grooves at each end; longitudinal slit at center; double row of triangles at sides. (b) Cover for (a), splint, rectangular, hole at one end, undecorated. (c) Leather thong attached to (b).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-1223a-c, described as (a) Money purse. Elk antler, hollow; raised flange with 3 deep grooves at each end; longitudinal slit at center; double row of triangles at sides. (b) Cover for (a), splint, rectangular, hole at one end, undecorated. (c) Leather thong attached to (b).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-1223a-c, described as (a) Money purse. Elk antler, hollow; raised flange with 3 deep grooves at each end; longitudinal slit at center; double row of triangles at sides. (b) Cover for (a), splint, rectangular, hole at one end, undecorated. (c) Leather thong attached to (b).

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