Money purse
- Museum number:
- 1-1950
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010001950
- Alternate number:
- 534 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
- Description:
- Antler, curved, hollow; rectangular longitudinal slot at center; raised flange at ends, with transverse grooves.
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Northwestern California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California
- 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, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
- Context of use:
- For carrying dentalium shells.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- width 3.5 centimeters and length 13 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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