Hairpin

Museum number:
1-1254
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001254
Alternate number:
3254 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Bone sliver, flat, with linear ridge on both sides; tapered to both ends; pointed at both ends; hole in the center; polished.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River area, Northwestern California, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area
Culture or time period:
Hupa and Yurok
Collector:
Alexander Brizard and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 9, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hairpins (hair accessories) and Hairpins (pins)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Personal adornment.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 1 centimeters and length 9.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hairpin, accession number 1-1254, described as Bone sliver, flat, with linear ridge on both sides; tapered to both ends; pointed at both ends; hole in the center; polished.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hairpin, accession number 1-1254, described as Bone sliver, flat, with linear ridge on both sides; tapered to both ends; pointed at both ends; hole in the center; polished.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hairpin, accession number 1-1254, described as Bone sliver, flat, with linear ridge on both sides; tapered to both ends; pointed at both ends; hole in the center; polished.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hairpin, accession number 1-1254, described as Bone sliver, flat, with linear ridge on both sides; tapered to both ends; pointed at both ends; hole in the center; polished.

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