Beeswax

Museum number:
1-242543
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010242543
Accession number:
Acc.3443
Description:
Chunk of beeswax said to be from Spanish shipwreck. According to the donors the specimen was intended for Spanish missions in California where it was made into candles. The original owners acquired this many years ago. They were friends of A.L. Kroeber, who examined the specimen.
Donor:
Leo F. Focha and Mrs. Leo F. Focha
Collection place:
Eureka, Humboldt County, California
Culture or time period:
Spanish American
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Department:
Nonnative California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beeswax, accession number 1-242543, described as Chunk of beeswax said to be from Spanish shipwreck. According to the donors the specimen was intended for Spanish missions in California where it was made into candles. The original owners acquired this many years ago. They were friends of A.L. Kroeber, who examined the specimen.

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