Purse for dentalium-shell "money"
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: Hupa
label: Collector
content: Alexander Brizard (A. Brizard), Non-Indian, 1839-1904
label: Previous owner
content: Alexander Brizard (A. Brizard), Non-Indian, 1839-1904
label: Previous owner
content: Frank M. Covert (F. M. Covert), Non-Indian, 1858-1929
label: Seller
content: Frank M. Covert (F. M. Covert), Non-Indian, 1858-1929
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Alexander A. Brizard (1839-1904, a shopkeeper in Arcata, California, who sold Indian baskets and other items); purchased by George Heye from Frank M. Covert (1858-1929, a New York dealer) in 1904.
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place: label: Place
content: Northern California; California; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Hupa
label: See related items
content: Containers and Vessels
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1371
label: Barcode
content: 001371.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Containers and Vessels
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Purse for dentalium-shell "money"
label: Media/Materials
content: Elk antler
label: Techniques
content: Cut, carved, incised
label: Dimensions
content: 16.5 x 6 x 5.5 cm