Antler, hollow, curved, raised flange at each end with incised transverse bands and zigzag lines; raised flange at center with same motif; 2 longitudinal slits; body of purse decorated with incised isosceles triangles; incisions colored with red and black pigments; ends colored with red pigment.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River area, Northwestern California, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area
Culture or time period:
Hupa and Yurok
Collector:
Alexander Brizard and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 9, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 19.3 centimeters and diameter 3.7 centimeters
Comment:
Published: AAE, XXIV, 7, pl 117d
Loans:
S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)