Charm
- Museum number:
- 1-27957
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010027957
- Alternate number:
- 27 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.644
- Description:
- Bull (?) pine or tamarack (?) seeds.
- Donor:
- Cora Alice DuBois and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- North Central California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California
- Culture or time period:
- Northern Wintun and Wintu
- Collector:
- Cora Alice DuBois
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Charms
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- 1930
- Context of use:
- Worn around neck as charm against illness.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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