Measuring stick model

Museum number:
1-1575
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001575
Alternate number:
159 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Measuring stick model Wood, hand carved. Leather thong at each end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
Used to measure length of dentalium strings.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 25.2 centimeters and diameter 0.8 centimeters
Comment:
Used to measure length of dentalium strings.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Measuring stick model, accession number 1-1575, described as Measuring stick model Wood, hand carved. Leather thong at each end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Measuring stick model, accession number 1-1575, described as Measuring stick model Wood, hand carved. Leather thong at each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Measuring stick model, accession number 1-1575, described as Measuring stick model Wood, hand carved. Leather thong at each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Measuring stick model, accession number 1-1575, described as Measuring stick model Wood, hand carved. Leather thong at each end.

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