Tule splitter

Museum number:
1-14144
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Instrument of rough deer horn for splitting tule. Flattened at one end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Odocoileus
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tule splitter, accession number 1-14144, described as Instrument of rough deer horn for splitting tule. Flattened at one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tule splitter, accession number 1-14144, described as Instrument of rough deer horn for splitting tule. Flattened at one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tule splitter, accession number 1-14144, described as Instrument of rough deer horn for splitting tule. Flattened at one end.

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