Money purse

Museum number:
L-12109a
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210l012109a
Accession number:
Acc.806
Object count:
1
Description:
(a) Money purse. Made of elk antler, hollow, oval cross section; wooden plug at each end of core; longitudinal rectangular slot at center; tab at each end of purse.
Donor:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento County Board of Education
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Jennie M. Worthington and Jeremiah B. Lillard
Collection date:
1932
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Money purses
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
February 16, 1942
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number L-12109a, described as (a) Money purse. Made of elk antler, hollow, oval cross section; wooden plug at each end of core; longitudinal rectangular slot at center; tab at each end of purse.

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