Bearskin
- Museum number:
- 1-19537
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010019537
- Accession number:
- Acc.477 and Acc.477B
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Bearskin; hair partly gone. Indian tanned. Shot by Ishi ca. 1890. Used for robe or bedding. Cinnamon bear per Theodora Kroeber.
- Donor:
- Ishi
- Collection place:
- Deer Creek, Tehama County, California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Tehama; Deer Creek
- Culture or time period:
- Yana
- Maker or artist:
- Ishi
- Collector:
- Alfred L. Kroeber and Thomas T. Waterman
- Collection date:
- ca. 1890
- Taxon:
- Ursus americanus cinnamomum
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 2.1 Daily Garb
- Production date:
- ca. 1890
- Accession date:
- 1914 and 1915
- Context of use:
- For robe or bedding.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Loans:
- S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971)
- Legacy documentation:
-