Elk antler, hollow, longitundinal slit at center for insertion of dentalium shells; elaborate isosceles triangular, zigzag, and crosshatch design. Double groove near each end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Requa, Klamath (CDP), Del Norte County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Requa
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 7, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Money purses
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 14.2 centimeters and diameter 5.6 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "AAE, XXIV, 7, pl 115a
Loans:
S1963-1964 #24: Oakland High School/Milo S. Popovich (October 11, 1963–November 15, 1963), S1964-1965 #3: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (July 13, 1964–October 19, 1964), S1968-1969 #100: University of California Library (April 15, 1969–May 23, 1969), S1975-1976 #75: University of San Francisco/Kathy Nelson (April 16, 1976–April 29, 1976), S1978-1979 #25: Hoopa Tribal Museum (October 19, 1978–February 2, 1979), and S1996-1997 #3: Great Valley Museum of Natural History (September 4, 1996–December 17, 1996)