Elk Antler Money Box Or Purse
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Oct 1908
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: WHILE THE PROVENIENCE IS NOT CONFIRMED BY THE ACCESSION RECORD, IT IS VERY LIKELY THE HOOPA VALLEY RESERVATION, AS HRDLICKA'S 1908 TB STUDIES TOOK HIM TO THE HOOPA VALLEY AGENCY.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Made by cutting a section of elk antler and working out the interior thro a narrow longitudinal slot. The box is decorated with engraved lines, into which black pigment has been rubbed."
label: Notes
content: Used for storing dentalium shell money/currency.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Hoopa Valley Reservation, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hupa
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 049349
label: USNM Number
content: E253065-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box