Mesh measure

Museum number:
1-2107
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002107
Alternate number:
691 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Elk antler, elongated rectangular flat strip with 2.3 cm long wide spot near center.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
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 smelt net.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 18.1 centimeters and width 1.7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-8341
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-2107, described as Elk antler, elongated rectangular flat strip with 2.3 cm long wide spot near center.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-2107, described as Elk antler, elongated rectangular flat strip with 2.3 cm long wide spot near center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-2107, described as Elk antler, elongated rectangular flat strip with 2.3 cm long wide spot near center.

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