Skin

Museum number:
1-10230
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010230
Alternate number:
351 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Object count:
1
Description:
Badger skin.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Bull Creek, Mariposa County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mariposa; Bull Creek
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1905
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used in dance. This particular skin was folded over a stick in imitation of a quiver and carried by the "master of ceremonies" in a dance held in Yosemite.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skin, accession number 1-10230, described as Badger skin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skin, accession number 1-10230, described as Badger skin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skin, accession number 1-10230, described as Badger skin.

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