Charmstone
- Museum number:
- 1-84644
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010084644
- Accession number:
- Acc.953
- Description:
- Chamstone, type WB62.
- Donor:
- Delila S. Gifford and Theodore D. McCown
- Collection place:
- Fort Tejon, Kern County, California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Kern; Onyx
- Culture or time period:
- Tübatulabal and Ventureño
- Collector:
- Francis A. Riddell and Franklin Fenenga
- Collection date:
- November 1948
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Charmstones
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- 1948
- Context of use:
- 84644 - 84667 are part of Shaman's rain making kit, collected at Onyx Kern co. Belonged to Old Indian at Ft. Tejon about 100 yrs. ago.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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