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parallel ruler San Francisco late 19th century Parallels (4) antique navigational instruments. Description: 3 wood, 1 brass made in S.F. Dimensions: a. 6x1 1/2" b. 11x2 1/4" c. 17 3/4x2 3/4 d. 18x3" From the History...	chinese drum China \| Chinese, Sam Chong \| Canton late 19th or early 20th c. Drum. Description: Chinese, (redwood?) carved from one piece- inside flutted, pig-skin head attached by multi-faceted nails in a double row, head flutted at bottom and perforated for border,...
kava bowl Polynesian Culture Area \| Samoa Poi bowl of koa wood. Handmade of one piece of wood. Has eight legs four inches long "Samoan kava bowl." (J. Nason 9/93) "Kava bowl, not poi." (William Davenport, 2/95) "Kava...	war club Polynesian Culture Area \| Samoa War club "Knob carved out at end of handle with hole cut out for twine loop. Loop missing. Smooth handle gradually fanning out to wide end. Elaborate carving in geometric pattern begins...
fly switch Polynesian Culture Area \| Melanesian Culture Area \| Fiji Switch for flies. Wooden handle, switch long strands of native fiber "For chief's use." (John Barker, 12/94) "Fly switch. Fiji. Long strands of coconut husk coir, braided where...	umeke poi bowl Polynesian Culture Area \| Hawaii Bowl. Description: Round; wood; polished outside. Condition: very good; cracks repaired with native pitch. Remarks: Storage:Marquesas Is./Polynesia. "Poi bowl--``umeke'. Hawaii. Made of...
leho he`e octopus lure Polynesian Culture Area \| Hawaii Octopus "lure" catcher. Description: shell and(curved hook) tied with string to strong stick, facing side of egg shaped volcanic rock, used for baiting octopus. Shell is brown with light flecks...	cross Mexico 18th c. Crosses. Description: 1 of 5; different sizes, wooden, from all over Mexico; all have wooden plaques with "INRI" which are attached to top of cross a. 8' long; 5' 7 3/8" crosspiece; 2 3/4...
cross Mexico 18th c. Crosses. Description: 1 of 5; different sizes, wooden, from all over Mexico; all have wooden plaques with "INRI" which are attached to top of cross a. 8' long; 5' 7 3/8" crosspiece; 2 3/4...	dipper Melanesian Culture Area \| Manus Island coconut shell dipper, Admiralty Islands. "Dipper. Coconut shell w/ wooden handle attached w/ 'putty nut'. Wood and outside 'putty nut' carved." (Gray notebook)
drum Massim culture area \| Normanby Island drum, cyclindrical in shape, made of wood, has a handle for carrying. End of drum used for beating has reptile skin. (Norman by isl. in S.E. of New Guinea in N. Coral Sea) (warehouse card) ...	acorn hammer Maidu collected Sept - Nov 28, 1911 Acorn anvil of wood with stone hammer. Used to crack and hull acorns. Received from: Capt. George Barber "One of the few extant acorn cracking anvils." (Craig Bates, 7/91) ...
measuring tape surveying & navigational t&e Lufkin ~ manufacturer Tape. Description: 1 steel tape, 200' w/ wooden reel; Lufkin mfgr. L. of reel:16". History: Used in construction of Bay Bridge.	ship model Kaiser Industries Corporation 1942 The ship model breaks down into many sections which are fitted into five packing crates. Henry Kaiser's construction company had built three enormous dams and the Bay Bridge in the 1930's, but...
pistol Germany 1650 pistol. Description: Single shot .56 caliber pistol with wood stock and ramrod, and steel lock, trigger, guard, butt plate and octagonal barrel. Wheel lock Lionitz? "2" on lock. 21" l c 5...	box dental equipment photograph Francis H. Griswolds Superior Tin Foil ~ Albany, NY ca. 1840 Card 1 of2 Dental equipment box and contents. Description: Dental equipment box and contents. A: Rosewood box with brass fittings, name plate engraved "E.F. Hough, Cleveland Ohio." Lined with...
sport equipment surf board Doolittle 1950's early 1960's Sports equipment. Description: surfboard made our (sic) of balso wood in the 1950's. It was crafted by Doolittle, one of the first volume designers and manufacturers in the surfboard business...	pistol Deringer \| Philadelphia, PA 1830's--1868 pistol. Description: Single shot .41 caliber percussion pocket pistol with wood stock, carved in diamond pattern on grip and steel barrel hammer trigger and triggerguard. Marked "Deringer...
spinning wheel Czechoslovakia \| Czechoslovakian c.1952-1970? Miniature spinning wheel.	locker trunk Crouch and Fitzgerald Trunk Manufacturers ~ New York ca. 1880-90? Locker or trunk. Description: Wood, coveredwith cloth, painted tan, banded with wood and black metal, leather handles at either end "F.B.H. OAKLAND CALIFORNIA" painted below handles, interior...
chopstick knife sheath China \| Chinese l. 19th c. Eating utensils. Description: (4 pcs.) knife w/ wood handle, brass hilt, bone butt; two wood chopsticks; wood sheath covered in black, textured leather,brass fittings, bone tip China. Condition...	scale scale pan weight China \| Chinese 19th c. Gold scale; Description: Chinese, with weights enclosed in a wooden case. Used in California during 19th C. 19 additional pans of various sizes and one weight. numbered a - v. (D....
hand drum China \| Chinese 19 C 3 hand drums, sides painted red, ends decorated with dragon motifs, used S.F. (19 C) (D. Peterson 2/79) China/Calif. Date: L. 1800's - E. 1900's. Drums; parflesche skin secured with...	hand drum China \| Chinese 19 C 3 hand drums, sides painted red, ends decorated with dragon motifs, used S.F. (19 C) (D. Peterson 2/79) China/Calif. Date: L. 1800's - E. 1900's. Drums; parflesche skin secured with...

parallel ruler San Francisco late 19th century Parallels (4) antique navigational instruments. Description: 3 wood, 1 brass made in S.F. Dimensions: a. 6x1 1/2" b. 11x2 1/4" c. 17 3/4x2 3/4 d. 18x3" From the History...	chinese drum China \| Chinese, Sam Chong \| Canton late 19th or early 20th c. Drum. Description: Chinese, (redwood?) carved from one piece- inside flutted, pig-skin head attached by multi-faceted nails in a double row, head flutted at bottom and perforated for border,...
kava bowl Polynesian Culture Area \| Samoa Poi bowl of koa wood. Handmade of one piece of wood. Has eight legs four inches long "Samoan kava bowl." (J. Nason 9/93) "Kava bowl, not poi." (William Davenport, 2/95) "Kava...	war club Polynesian Culture Area \| Samoa War club "Knob carved out at end of handle with hole cut out for twine loop. Loop missing. Smooth handle gradually fanning out to wide end. Elaborate carving in geometric pattern begins...
fly switch Polynesian Culture Area \| Melanesian Culture Area \| Fiji Switch for flies. Wooden handle, switch long strands of native fiber "For chief's use." (John Barker, 12/94) "Fly switch. Fiji. Long strands of coconut husk coir, braided where...	umeke poi bowl Polynesian Culture Area \| Hawaii Bowl. Description: Round; wood; polished outside. Condition: very good; cracks repaired with native pitch. Remarks: Storage:Marquesas Is./Polynesia. "Poi bowl--``umeke'. Hawaii. Made of...
leho he`e octopus lure Polynesian Culture Area \| Hawaii Octopus "lure" catcher. Description: shell and(curved hook) tied with string to strong stick, facing side of egg shaped volcanic rock, used for baiting octopus. Shell is brown with light flecks...	cross Mexico 18th c. Crosses. Description: 1 of 5; different sizes, wooden, from all over Mexico; all have wooden plaques with "INRI" which are attached to top of cross a. 8' long; 5' 7 3/8" crosspiece; 2 3/4...
cross Mexico 18th c. Crosses. Description: 1 of 5; different sizes, wooden, from all over Mexico; all have wooden plaques with "INRI" which are attached to top of cross a. 8' long; 5' 7 3/8" crosspiece; 2 3/4...	dipper Melanesian Culture Area \| Manus Island coconut shell dipper, Admiralty Islands. "Dipper. Coconut shell w/ wooden handle attached w/ 'putty nut'. Wood and outside 'putty nut' carved." (Gray notebook)
drum Massim culture area \| Normanby Island drum, cyclindrical in shape, made of wood, has a handle for carrying. End of drum used for beating has reptile skin. (Norman by isl. in S.E. of New Guinea in N. Coral Sea) (warehouse card) ...	acorn hammer Maidu collected Sept - Nov 28, 1911 Acorn anvil of wood with stone hammer. Used to crack and hull acorns. Received from: Capt. George Barber "One of the few extant acorn cracking anvils." (Craig Bates, 7/91) ...
measuring tape surveying & navigational t&e Lufkin ~ manufacturer Tape. Description: 1 steel tape, 200' w/ wooden reel; Lufkin mfgr. L. of reel:16". History: Used in construction of Bay Bridge.	ship model Kaiser Industries Corporation 1942 The ship model breaks down into many sections which are fitted into five packing crates. Henry Kaiser's construction company had built three enormous dams and the Bay Bridge in the 1930's, but...
pistol Germany 1650 pistol. Description: Single shot .56 caliber pistol with wood stock and ramrod, and steel lock, trigger, guard, butt plate and octagonal barrel. Wheel lock Lionitz? "2" on lock. 21" l c 5...	box dental equipment photograph Francis H. Griswolds Superior Tin Foil ~ Albany, NY ca. 1840 Card 1 of2 Dental equipment box and contents. Description: Dental equipment box and contents. A: Rosewood box with brass fittings, name plate engraved "E.F. Hough, Cleveland Ohio." Lined with...
sport equipment surf board Doolittle 1950's early 1960's Sports equipment. Description: surfboard made our (sic) of balso wood in the 1950's. It was crafted by Doolittle, one of the first volume designers and manufacturers in the surfboard business...	pistol Deringer \| Philadelphia, PA 1830's--1868 pistol. Description: Single shot .41 caliber percussion pocket pistol with wood stock, carved in diamond pattern on grip and steel barrel hammer trigger and triggerguard. Marked "Deringer...
spinning wheel Czechoslovakia \| Czechoslovakian c.1952-1970? Miniature spinning wheel.	locker trunk Crouch and Fitzgerald Trunk Manufacturers ~ New York ca. 1880-90? Locker or trunk. Description: Wood, coveredwith cloth, painted tan, banded with wood and black metal, leather handles at either end "F.B.H. OAKLAND CALIFORNIA" painted below handles, interior...
chopstick knife sheath China \| Chinese l. 19th c. Eating utensils. Description: (4 pcs.) knife w/ wood handle, brass hilt, bone butt; two wood chopsticks; wood sheath covered in black, textured leather,brass fittings, bone tip China. Condition...	scale scale pan weight China \| Chinese 19th c. Gold scale; Description: Chinese, with weights enclosed in a wooden case. Used in California during 19th C. 19 additional pans of various sizes and one weight. numbered a - v. (D....
hand drum China \| Chinese 19 C 3 hand drums, sides painted red, ends decorated with dragon motifs, used S.F. (19 C) (D. Peterson 2/79) China/Calif. Date: L. 1800's - E. 1900's. Drums; parflesche skin secured with...	hand drum China \| Chinese 19 C 3 hand drums, sides painted red, ends decorated with dragon motifs, used S.F. (19 C) (D. Peterson 2/79) China/Calif. Date: L. 1800's - E. 1900's. Drums; parflesche skin secured with...