Purse or wrapping

Museum number:
1-11686
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010011686
Accession number:
Acc.284
Description:
Skin of weasel (?)
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Lucky
Collection date:
May 1907
Taxon:
Mustela
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used as wrapping or purse for dentalia.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Purse or wrapping, accession number 1-11686, described as Skin of weasel (?)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Purse or wrapping, accession number 1-11686, described as Skin of weasel (?)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Purse or wrapping, accession number 1-11686, described as Skin of weasel (?)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Purse or wrapping, accession number 1-11686, described as Skin of weasel (?)

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