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Hairpin model
Museum number:
1-2189
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002189
Alternate number:
773 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Bone; incised dentate design on rounded surface.
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:
Hairpins (hair accessories) and Hairpins (pins)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Context of use:
Model (?)
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 11.2 centimeters and width 1 centimeters
Loans:
S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988) and S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)
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