introduction BEGINNINGS: THE PHOEBE HEARST ERA (1902-1920) THE PHOEBE HEARST COLLECTIONS GUATEMALA NATIVE CALIFORNIA 01. Woman’s dance dress 02. Dentalium shell money 03. Jump Dance woodpecker headdress 04. Woman’s dress hat, basketry 05. Clay balls in tule basket; sling 06. Feathered basket 07. Ceremonial headdress, feathers 08. Sandals, agave fiber 09. Presentation basket ALASKAN ESKIMO PHILIPPINES ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA ANCIENT PERU ANCIENT egypt ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN TRANSITION (1920-1945) EXPANSION (1945-1960) CULMINATION (1960-1980) RECENT YEARS (1980-2001) RECENT ACQUISITIONS Clay balls in tule basket; sling Lake County, Lower Lake; Eastern Pomo Collected by Samuel A. Barrett, 1906 1-10604/05 Pomo hunters used this set of 24 baked clay balls with the sling to kill ducks and mud hens. The tule basket, the balls, and their use in hunting were restricted to the Clear Lake area. Samuel Barrett, the department's first Ph.D. (1908), grew up among the Pomo in Ukiah.