Amulet

Museum number:
1-2011
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
595 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Made of stone, brown, irregularly shaped, grooved, polished from usage.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 11.2 centimeters and width 9.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Amulet, accession number 1-2011, described as Made of stone, brown, irregularly shaped, grooved, polished from usage.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Amulet, accession number 1-2011, described as Made of stone, brown, irregularly shaped, grooved, polished from usage.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 1-2011, described as Made of stone, brown, irregularly shaped, grooved, polished from usage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 1-2011, described as Made of stone, brown, irregularly shaped, grooved, polished from usage.

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