Mesh measure

Museum number:
1-1325
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001325
Alternate number:
3569 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Elk antler, rectangular, constricted center; 6 incised dots each end, each side; 4 dots in diamond pattern at center, both sides.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
F. E. Gist and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mesh measures
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Net mesh measure
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 3.9 centimeters and length 7.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-1325, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted center; 6 incised dots each end, each side; 4 dots in diamond pattern at center, both sides.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-1325, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted center; 6 incised dots each end, each side; 4 dots in diamond pattern at center, both sides.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-1325, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted center; 6 incised dots each end, each side; 4 dots in diamond pattern at center, both sides.

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