Knotted; with 15 knots and loop off one end. Made of twisted cotton twine. "For "cry" for Olla Fisher and Bill George at Railroad Flat, Amador County, Calif., May-June 1908".
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Rail Road Flat, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Railroad Flat
Culture or time period:
Northern Sierra Miwok
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
May 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
May 28, 1908
Context of use:
Message string. "For 'cry' for Olla Fisher and Bill George at Railroad Flat, Amador County, Calif., May-June 1908".
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 42.5 centimeters
Comment:
See correspondence from E. L. McLeod, Ephe Cummings, and C. E. Kelsey to Alfred L. Kroeber.