Knapping kit

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Date created: 1911-1916

Culture/People: Yahi
Artist/Maker: Ishi, Yahi, ca. 1860-1916
Previous owner: Ishi, Yahi, ca. 1860-1916
Donor: Anne Davis Friedman, Non-Indian
Collector: Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951

Collection History: 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); acquired by Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI) at an unknown date; inherited by Edward Davis's great-granddaughter Anne Davis Friedman; donated to NMAI by Anne Davis Friedman in 2006.
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Place: San Francisco; San Francisco County; California; USA (inferred)

See related items: Yahi; Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/5823
Barcode: 265823.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Knapping kit
Media/Materials: Antler, obsidian, hide
Techniques: Flaked/chipped

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6b4d2e3a0-8fa0-480b-bb53-a856805d103a

Record ID: NMAI_282050