Scraper

Museum number:
1-1164
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001164
Alternate number:
3164 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
String scraper; curved section of mussel shell, with two holes in the center for attachment of rawhide finger grip.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area; Klamath R. below Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 4.2 centimeters and length 6.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 1-1164, described as String scraper; curved section of mussel shell, with two holes in the center for attachment of rawhide finger grip.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 1-1164, described as String scraper; curved section of mussel shell, with two holes in the center for attachment of rawhide finger grip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 1-1164, described as String scraper; curved section of mussel shell, with two holes in the center for attachment of rawhide finger grip.

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