Fur, mostly rubbed off. Mold damage on loan, 1971 (hole). Warp made from strips of rabbit fur. Double twine (nettle fibre?).
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Deer Creek, Tehama County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tehama; Deer Creek
Culture or time period:
Yana
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
November 1909
Taxon:
Odocoileus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
To tie across breast for warmth.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 60 centimeters and length 97.6 centimeters
Comment:
Continued from Proveniece comments, "Waterman visited the abandoned camp site in 1909 and found some further item which he sent to the Museum. (1-16593-16602)" Photo: 15-5372.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966) and S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971)