Acorn cracker

Museum number:
1-953
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010000953
Alternate number:
2953 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
stone for breaking acorn shells.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Captain Johns Ranch, Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Captain Johns Ranch
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 30, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Acorn crackers
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
For breaking acorn shells.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: "15-4418
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-953, described as stone for breaking acorn shells.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-953, described as stone for breaking acorn shells.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-953, described as stone for breaking acorn shells.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-953, described as stone for breaking acorn shells.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-953, described as stone for breaking acorn shells.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-953, described as stone for breaking acorn shells.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-953, described as stone for breaking acorn shells.

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