Ball

Museum number:
1-12206
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012206
Alternate number:
1263 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.291 and Acc.294
Description:
Made of oak.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Konkow (Northwestern Maidu)
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
July 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Balls (object genres)
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Soaked in water and used as an eyewash. Soak it and a brownish liquid results. Wash eyes and face with this.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett field notes, p. 88: "kulecim polkocim She was using this as an eye wash when it was obtained. Soak it & a brownish liquid results. Wash eyes and face with this." An old woman was actually using this at the time it was purchased.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ball, accession number 1-12206, described as Made of oak.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ball, accession number 1-12206, described as Made of oak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ball, accession number 1-12206, described as Made of oak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ball, accession number 1-12206, described as Made of oak.

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