Hairpin

Museum number:
1-2817
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
791 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Woman's cocoon-rattle hairpin, for dancing. One cocoon of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, attached to stick decorated with feathers.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pinoleville, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Pinoleville
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
March 1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hairpins (hair accessories) and Hairpins (pins)
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
For dancing.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: cf. 1-2403
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Hairpin, accession number 1-2817, described as Woman's cocoon-rattle hairpin, for dancing. One cocoon of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, attached to stick decorated with feathers.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Hairpin, accession number 1-2817, described as Woman's cocoon-rattle hairpin, for dancing. One cocoon of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, attached to stick decorated with feathers.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Hairpin, accession number 1-2817, described as Woman's cocoon-rattle hairpin, for dancing. One cocoon of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, attached to stick decorated with feathers.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hairpin, accession number 1-2817, described as Woman's cocoon-rattle hairpin, for dancing. One cocoon of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, attached to stick decorated with feathers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hairpin, accession number 1-2817, described as Woman's cocoon-rattle hairpin, for dancing. One cocoon of the silk moth Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer, attached to stick decorated with feathers.

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