Money purse

Museum number:
1-1814a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21011814a@2cb
Alternate number:
398 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
(a) Money purse. Antler, hollow, straight, slightly raised flange at each end; longitudinal rectangular slot near center; incised acute angle triangles on both sides of slot. (b) Cover, splint for above; hole at each end for thong or tie (cotton twine through one end).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Money purses
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Context of use:
For carrying dentalium shells.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 11 centimeters, (a)— 3.8 centimeters, and (a)— width 1.1 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-2537.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Money purse, accession number 1-1814a,b, described as (a) Money purse. Antler, hollow, straight, slightly raised flange at each end; longitudinal rectangular slot near center; incised acute angle triangles on both sides of slot. (b) Cover, splint for above; hole at each end for thong or tie (cotton twine through one end).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Money purse, accession number 1-1814a,b, described as (a) Money purse. Antler, hollow, straight, slightly raised flange at each end; longitudinal rectangular slot near center; incised acute angle triangles on both sides of slot. (b) Cover, splint for above; hole at each end for thong or tie (cotton twine through one end).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-1814a,b, described as (a) Money purse. Antler, hollow, straight, slightly raised flange at each end; longitudinal rectangular slot near center; incised acute angle triangles on both sides of slot. (b) Cover, splint for above; hole at each end for thong or tie (cotton twine through one end).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-1814a,b, described as (a) Money purse. Antler, hollow, straight, slightly raised flange at each end; longitudinal rectangular slot near center; incised acute angle triangles on both sides of slot. (b) Cover, splint for above; hole at each end for thong or tie (cotton twine through one end).

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