Money purse

Museum number:
1-2068
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002068
Alternate number:
652 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Antler, hollow, curved; raised flanges at each end; rectangular longitudinal slot at center; red and black triangles painted on flanges (worn down); ends painted red with black dot at center.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Money purses
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Context of use:
For carrying dentalium shells.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 4.2 centimeters and length 12.1 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-2536. Published: AAE XXIV, 7, pl 114d.
Loans:
S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-2068, described as Antler, hollow, curved; raised flanges at each end; rectangular longitudinal slot at center; red and black triangles painted on flanges (worn down); ends painted red with black dot at center.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-2068, described as Antler, hollow, curved; raised flanges at each end; rectangular longitudinal slot at center; red and black triangles painted on flanges (worn down); ends painted red with black dot at center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-2068, described as Antler, hollow, curved; raised flanges at each end; rectangular longitudinal slot at center; red and black triangles painted on flanges (worn down); ends painted red with black dot at center.

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