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Object Number 08-4-10/73312
Display Title Acorns for making acorn meal
Descriptions
Inventory Description Acorns, in a bottle
Classification
  • Nut
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Karuk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Klamath River, Upper
Materials Acorn
Dimensions Overall: 12.1 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm (4 3/4 x 2 x 2 in.)
Quantity 13
Label on object 73312
Provenance
Provenance Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1908)
Provenance Grace A. Nicholson (1908)

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