Arrow straightener

Museum number:
1-1634
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Alternate number:
218 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Wood, handcarved; tapered stick with oval cross section and two elongated holes near center; well polished from use.
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:
Arrow straighteners
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 27.1 centimeters and width 3.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow straightener, accession number 1-1634, described as Wood, handcarved; tapered stick with oval cross section and two elongated holes near center; well polished from use.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow straightener, accession number 1-1634, described as Wood, handcarved; tapered stick with oval cross section and two elongated holes near center; well polished from use.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow straightener, accession number 1-1634, described as Wood, handcarved; tapered stick with oval cross section and two elongated holes near center; well polished from use.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow straightener, accession number 1-1634, described as Wood, handcarved; tapered stick with oval cross section and two elongated holes near center; well polished from use.

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