Pegs

Museum number:
1-157485a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101157485a@2dd
Accession number:
Acc.2036
Description:
Four ocher-stained wooden pegs from underground ghost house.
Donor:
David Wayne Peri
Collection place:
Bodega Bay, Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Bodega Bay
Culture or time period:
Coast Miwok
Collector:
David Wayne Peri
Collection date:
ca. 1950
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
1-157472 - 157500 and 1-157713-16 comprise outfit of Thomas Smith. Outfit was family heirloom. 1-157485 - 89 comprise a bundle. Used for curing and poisoning: 1) Put in sand mound at cardinal directions; 2) also used to delimit area which audience and
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 30 centimeters, (b)— length 28.5 centimeters, (c)— length 26 centimeters, and (d)— length 24 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: see accession envelope for additional information.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pegs, accession number 1-157485a-d, described as Four ocher-stained wooden pegs from underground ghost house.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pegs, accession number 1-157485a-d, described as Four ocher-stained wooden pegs from underground ghost house.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pegs, accession number 1-157485a-d, described as Four ocher-stained wooden pegs from underground ghost house.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pegs, accession number 1-157485a-d, described as Four ocher-stained wooden pegs from underground ghost house.

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