Cocoon. Cluster of cocoons of silk moth (Anthereae polyphemus, Cramer) attached to feather quills and bound together with cotton twine.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pinoleville, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Pinoleville
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Medicine man's rattle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 30 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: "cf 1-2403
Loans:
S1963-1964 #81: International House (UC Berkeley) (April 23, 1964–May 11, 1964), S1964-1965 #3: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (July 13, 1964–October 19, 1964), S1976-1977 #28: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (November 19, 1976–May 9, 1977), S1980-1981 #68: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (May 8, 1981–May 8, 1981), and S1981-1982 #67: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (June 9, 1982–June 9, 1982)