Mesh measure

Museum number:
1-2100
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002100
Alternate number:
684 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle, flat.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Taxon:
Cervus canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mesh measures
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Context of use:
Net mesh measure for summer sturgeon drag net.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 4.1 centimeters and length 13.9 centimeters
Loans:
S1954-1955 #5: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (June 29, 1955–July 6, 1955) and S1963-1964 #83: Anthropology Department, Vallejo Junior College (May 7, 1964–June 2, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-2100, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle, flat.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-2100, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle, flat.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-2100, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle, flat.

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