Iris fiber. One bundle. Wrapped in wider fiber. Material for making string.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Material for making string.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), S1967-1968 #97: Junior Center of Art and Science (February 27, 1968–May 1, 1968), S1972-1973 #100: Humboldt County (California) (May 22, 1973–June 5, 1973), S1977-1978 #1: Redding Museum of Art and History (July 11, 1977–May 19, 1978), and S1980-1981 #68: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (May 8, 1981–May 8, 1981)