Elkhorn purse
Elkhorn container or purse with lid. Hand carved and polished. Purse is round cylinder shape. Lid is rectangular in shape. Carved and painted decorations on upper part of purse and lid. Designs: Triangular patterns shaded with diagonal lines. The carved lines were filled with black ink. Lid not a part of original piece. Dentalium shell inside.
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- Object: Elkhorn purse
- Artist: Mel Buddy Smith
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: 2 inch height 5 7/8 inch length
- Culture Area: California
- Cultural Group: Yurok / Klamath River
- Cultural Context: Used to keep dentalia shell money.
- Donor: Mel "Buddy" Smith
- Catalog #: 97.400