Louse killer

Museum number:
1-1258
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3258 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Made of bone, rectangular, flat with hilt-like projection on both sides at center.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River area, Northwestern California, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area
Culture or time period:
Hupa and Yurok
Collector:
Alexander Brizard and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 9, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
For personal grooming.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 2.1 centimeters and length 12.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Louse killer, accession number 1-1258, described as Made of bone, rectangular, flat with hilt-like projection on both sides at center.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Louse killer, accession number 1-1258, described as Made of bone, rectangular, flat with hilt-like projection on both sides at center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Louse killer, accession number 1-1258, described as Made of bone, rectangular, flat with hilt-like projection on both sides at center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Louse killer, accession number 1-1258, described as Made of bone, rectangular, flat with hilt-like projection on both sides at center.

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