Mesh measure or trigger button

Museum number:
1-2200
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002200
Alternate number:
784 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle, flat. Hole drilled near one end.
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:
Buttons (fasteners)
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Context of use:
Note: because of hole in artifact, may be trigger button.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 7.5 centimeters and width 3.9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure or trigger button, accession number 1-2200, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle, flat. Hole drilled near one end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure or trigger button, accession number 1-2200, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle, flat. Hole drilled near one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure or trigger button, accession number 1-2200, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle, flat. Hole drilled near one end.

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