Hair tie

Museum number:
1-2046
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
630 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Hair ties made of obsidian, juniper berry, deerskin and beargrass. Crescent abalone bead on on side.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Abalone shell, Common beargrass, Juniper berry [refine], Leather, and Obsidian
Taxon:
Haliotis, Juniperus californica, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hair ties
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hair tie, accession number 1-2046, described as Hair ties made of obsidian, juniper berry, deerskin and beargrass. Crescent abalone bead on on side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hair tie, accession number 1-2046, described as Hair ties made of obsidian, juniper berry, deerskin and beargrass. Crescent abalone bead on on side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hair tie, accession number 1-2046, described as Hair ties made of obsidian, juniper berry, deerskin and beargrass. Crescent abalone bead on on side.

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