Purse
- Museum number:
- 1-14599a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210114599a@2cb
- Alternate number:
- 408 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.371
- Description:
- a) money purse, elk antler, curved; longitudinal rectangular slot at center; serives of incised triangles on both sides; ends painted red; incised transverse bands (4) at both ends; L 22.3 cm X W 5.1 cm; labeled "Wampum Purse...Modoc Indians" b) cover for purse, rectangular; incised transverse lines; L 17.0 cm X 1.4 cm.; "cover probably from another specimen
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Northwestern California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Northern California; Northwestern California
- Culture or time period:
- Modoc
- Collector:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Taxon:
- Cervus canadensis
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Money purses
- Accession date:
- May 1909
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- b— width 1.4 centimeters, a— length 22.3 centimeters, a— width 5.1 centimeters, and b— length 17 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1975-1976 #43: California Academy of Sciences (December 16, 1975–March 23, 1978) and S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)
- Legacy documentation:
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