Dress

Museum number:
1-9381
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
255 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.210
Description:
Doctor woman’s dress of maple bark.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Shregon, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shregegon
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Worn by woman doctor.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 1-9381, described as Doctor woman’s dress of maple bark.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dress, accession number 1-9381, described as Doctor woman’s dress of maple bark.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 1-9381, described as Doctor woman’s dress of maple bark.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 1-9381, described as Doctor woman’s dress of maple bark.

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