money box, elk section of elk antler, hollow; section of elk antler with incised geometric design all around center; tab with drilled hole at each end; L 10.5 cm X Dia 3.0 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 29, 1901
Materials:
Antler (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 3 centimeters and length 10.5 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "AAE XXIV, 7, pl. 114 b
Loans:
S1983-1984 #48: Hoopa Tribal Museum (May 15, 1984–September 21, 1984), S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996), and S2005-2006 #5: California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (October 7, 2005–March 15, 2006)