Medicine stone

Museum number:
1-946
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2946 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Stone, flat, roughly oval, smooth.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Captain Johns Ranch, Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Captain Johns Ranch
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 30, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Medicine stone, heated and placed over area of pain.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 8.5 centimeters and length 21.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Medicine stone, accession number 1-946, described as Stone, flat, roughly oval, smooth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Medicine stone, accession number 1-946, described as Stone, flat, roughly oval, smooth.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Medicine stone, accession number 1-946, described as Stone, flat, roughly oval, smooth.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Medicine stone, accession number 1-946, described as Stone, flat, roughly oval, smooth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Medicine stone, accession number 1-946, described as Stone, flat, roughly oval, smooth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Medicine stone, accession number 1-946, described as Stone, flat, roughly oval, smooth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Medicine stone, accession number 1-946, described as Stone, flat, roughly oval, smooth.

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