Broad pack strap of tanned skin, probably buckskin. Ends joined with horsehair string.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett and Susie Duncan
Collection date:
July 1907
Taxon:
Odocoileus
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
This form of pack strap as well as the burden net was used by the Yuki. The strap is typical of the Northwestern California area while the net is typical of the region from the Pomo south.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Samuel A. Barrett "field notes p. 16: Deer hide Packstrap