Scrotum

Museum number:
1-10005
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010005
Alternate number:
114 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Deer scrotum, filled with cooked deer brains. Used in tanning skins.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Rich Gulch, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Rich Gulch
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used in tanning skins.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 8.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scrotum, accession number 1-10005, described as Deer scrotum, filled with cooked deer brains. Used in tanning skins.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scrotum, accession number 1-10005, described as Deer scrotum, filled with cooked deer brains. Used in tanning skins.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scrotum, accession number 1-10005, described as Deer scrotum, filled with cooked deer brains. Used in tanning skins.

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