Elk antler, straight, oval cross section; longitudinal rectangular slot at center; raised flange with incised triangles and transverse bands at each end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Klamath River, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River; Lower Klamath River
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Money purses
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1903 and February 10, 1903
Context of use:
Money purse.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 7.7 centimeters and length 15.5 centimeters