Hairpin

Museum number:
1-1532
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Alternate number:
116 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Bone sliver; elongated with pointed ends.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hairpins (hair accessories) and Hairpins (pins)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
Personal adornment.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 8.1 centimeters and width 0.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hairpin, accession number 1-1532, described as Bone sliver; elongated with pointed ends.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hairpin, accession number 1-1532, described as Bone sliver; elongated with pointed ends.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hairpin, accession number 1-1532, described as Bone sliver; elongated with pointed ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hairpin, accession number 1-1532, described as Bone sliver; elongated with pointed ends.

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