Arrow shaft straightener
date: label: Date created
content: 1911-1916
name: label: Culture/People
content: Yahi
label: Artist/Maker
content: Ishi, Yahi, ca. 1860-1916
label: Previous owner
content: Ishi, Yahi, ca. 1860-1916
label: Collector
content: Dr. Alfred Louis Kroeber, Non-Indian, 1876-1960
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Alfred Louis Kroeber, Non-Indian, 1876-1960
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Charles E. Grayson, Non-Indian, 1910-2009
label: Donor
content: Dr. Charles E. Grayson, Non-Indian, 1910-2009
notes: label: Collection History
content: Owned and used by Ishi (Yahi, ca. 1860-1916) during his time at the University of California Museum of Anthropology in San Francisco (1911-1916); collected from him between 1911 and 1916 by anthropologist Dr. Alfred L. Kroeber (1876-1960, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who was instrumental in providing a home and employment for Ishi at the university museum); acquired by Dr. Charles E. Grayson (1910-2009), an authority on traditional archery, at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Charles Grayson in 1962.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: San Francisco; San Francisco County; California; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Yahi
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/2531
label: Barcode
content: 232531.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Arrow shaft straightener
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Abraded, grooved