Soil

Museum number:
1-84663
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.953
Description:
Ca. 15 cc. of dry powdery soil. Tied in rectangular piece of cloth, perhaps piece of cheap housedress.
Donor:
Delila S. Gifford and Theodore D. McCown
Collection place:
Fort Tejon, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal and Ventureño
Collector:
Francis A. Riddell and Franklin Fenenga
Collection date:
November 1948
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1948
Context of use:
Part of a Shaman's rain making kit, collected at Onyx, Kern County. Belonged to old Indian at Ft. Tejon about 100 years ago.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
15 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soil, accession number 1-84663, described as Ca. 15 cc. of dry powdery soil. Tied in rectangular piece of cloth, perhaps piece of cheap housedress.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soil, accession number 1-84663, described as Ca. 15 cc. of dry powdery soil. Tied in rectangular piece of cloth, perhaps piece of cheap housedress.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soil, accession number 1-84663, described as Ca. 15 cc. of dry powdery soil. Tied in rectangular piece of cloth, perhaps piece of cheap housedress.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soil, accession number 1-84663, described as Ca. 15 cc. of dry powdery soil. Tied in rectangular piece of cloth, perhaps piece of cheap housedress.

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