Head scratcher

Museum number:
1-168836
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010168836
Accession number:
Acc.1167
Description:
Incised bone isosceles triangles on both edges on convex surface. With string of 37 dentalium shell beads.
Donor:
Mrs. A. K. Munson
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Dentaliidae
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head scratcher, accession number 1-168836, described as Incised bone isosceles triangles on both edges on convex surface. With string of 37 dentalium shell beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head scratcher, accession number 1-168836, described as Incised bone isosceles triangles on both edges on convex surface. With string of 37 dentalium shell beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head scratcher, accession number 1-168836, described as Incised bone isosceles triangles on both edges on convex surface. With string of 37 dentalium shell beads.

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