Cocoon

Museum number:
1-4080
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1078 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.114
Description:
Part of a rattle, on twig. One cocoon of the silk moth Samia rubra pierced by a broken stick.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
from the Chukchansi at Picyuna (Katanin) 5 m from coarse Gold, Madera county.
Culture or time period:
Chukchansi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
January 8-17, 1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rattles (indirectly struck idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For rattle.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 3.5 centimeters and length 10 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4996. Remarks: cf. 1-2403.
Loans:
S1994-1995 #9: SFO Museum (April 7, 1995–December 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cocoon, accession number 1-4080, described as Part of a rattle, on twig. One cocoon of the silk moth Samia rubra pierced by a broken stick.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cocoon, accession number 1-4080, described as Part of a rattle, on twig. One cocoon of the silk moth Samia rubra pierced by a broken stick.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cocoon, accession number 1-4080, described as Part of a rattle, on twig. One cocoon of the silk moth Samia rubra pierced by a broken stick.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cocoon, accession number 1-4080, described as Part of a rattle, on twig. One cocoon of the silk moth Samia rubra pierced by a broken stick.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cocoon, accession number 1-4080, described as Part of a rattle, on twig. One cocoon of the silk moth Samia rubra pierced by a broken stick.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cocoon, accession number 1-4080, described as Part of a rattle, on twig. One cocoon of the silk moth Samia rubra pierced by a broken stick.

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