Mesh measure

Museum number:
1-1131
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001131
Alternate number:
3131 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Object count:
1
Description:
Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle. 16 incisions on each edge near center.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area; Klamath R. below Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mesh measures
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Net mesh measure
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 3.3 centimeters and length 12.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1977-1978 #1: Redding Museum of Art and History (July 11, 1977–May 19, 1978) and S1979-1980 #9: DeAnza College (August 31, 1979–December 17, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-1131, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle. 16 incisions on each edge near center.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-1131, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle. 16 incisions on each edge near center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 1-1131, described as Elk antler, rectangular, constricted middle. 16 incisions on each edge near center.

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