Wood, half - round, charred decoration on round surface. Polished from usage. One of set 1-2750-56.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Coyote Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Coyote Valley
Culture or time period:
Eastern Pomo and Northern Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
November 3, 1902
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charred
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 37 centimeters and width 3.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4816. Design: "Dancing Path" -SWP; "Roadway to Heaven" (Maru-dream design) -Wintun. 8 May 1964. FAN. fide S.A. Barrett. Objects collected at the Coyote Valley Rancheria by Samuel Barrett may have been collected from Mary Louie, one of his consultants there. Mary Louie was Eastern Pomo, despite the fact that Coyote Valley Rancheria is in Northern Pomo territory. Other Barrett consultants from Coyote Valley include Topsy Pettis, Mollie Duncan, and Lizzie Jamison, all of whom were Northern Pomo.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #29: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (November 21, 1961–January 11, 1962) and S2010-2011 #1: The California Museum (February 1, 2011–November 30, 2014)