String of bird quills

Museum number:
1-12548
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012548
Alternate number:
1773 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
String of yellow (dyed?) and white bird quills. 13 bits of red material tied to sting between quils.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Crater Lake, Klamath County, Central Oregon
Verbatim coll. place:
Oregon; Klamath; Crater Lake
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Rattled by doctor when curing patient. Field catalogue says also "looks like fake".
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 196 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled String of bird quills, accession number 1-12548, described as String of yellow (dyed?) and white bird quills. 13 bits of red material tied to sting between quils.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled String of bird quills, accession number 1-12548, described as String of yellow (dyed?) and white bird quills. 13 bits of red material tied to sting between quils.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled String of bird quills, accession number 1-12548, described as String of yellow (dyed?) and white bird quills. 13 bits of red material tied to sting between quils.

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