Tule bundle

Museum number:
1-12785
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012785
Alternate number:
2059 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Small bundle of tule. Two are placed butt to butt with tule between and wedged in tightly to hold and looks like a moustache which may be turned up or down.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Worn in nose of woman. Originally two types - disc beads strung on a small tough stick and used as straight skewer. Also, dentalia from north or northwest. Both types used in nose. Agent forbid the wearing of these and so later they used small tule bundles which authorities will notice. See Field Notes for 2059.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tule bundle, accession number 1-12785, described as Small bundle of tule. Two are placed butt to butt with tule between and wedged in tightly to hold and looks like a moustache which may be turned up or down.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tule bundle, accession number 1-12785, described as Small bundle of tule. Two are placed butt to butt with tule between and wedged in tightly to hold and looks like a moustache which may be turned up or down.

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