Cross

Museum number:
1-2501
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
135 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.75 and Acc.87
Description:
Twined with Xerophyllum tenax.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Crescent City, Del Norte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Del Norte; Crescent City
Culture or time period:
Tolowa
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1902
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Crosses (visual works) and Twined weaving
Accession date:
1903 and February 25, 1903
Context of use:
To keep away smallpox.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: "Found with others in a row to keep away smallpox." Fide Judith Polanich 1994: "UCP XXXVI Ltru'cme = Indian village" (different spelling of "L trusine").
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cross, accession number 1-2501, described as Twined with Xerophyllum tenax.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cross, accession number 1-2501, described as Twined with Xerophyllum tenax.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cross, accession number 1-2501, described as Twined with Xerophyllum tenax.

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