Indigenous Objects Collection

Don Romero

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

3601 Pacific Ave.

Stockton, CA 95211

Phone: (209) 946-2404

Fax: (209) 946-2942

URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html

Indigenous Objects Collection

Collection number: MSS 351

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

Stockton, California

Processed by:: Don Romero
Date Completed:: 2023
Encoded by:: Don Romero

Descriptive Summary

Dates: 1900-2000

Collection number: MSS 351

Collection Size: 5 linear feet

Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of Special Collections

Stockton, California 95211

Abstract: This collection includes items that were originally part of the Garfield Merner collection of Native American artifacts, including vessels made of Jicara gourds, woven bags, a model canoe, textiles, a woven hat, and other items.

Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred Citation

. MSS 351. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Biography / Administrative History

Garfield David Merner (1882-1972) was a businessman and philanthropist. He was a founder and vice-president of Merner Lumber Company from 1923-1928, and a member of the board of directors of Garfield, Inc., both in Palo Alto, California. In 1929 Garfield Merner and his wife, Daisy, founded the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, as a place for artists to work.

Scope and Content of Collection

This collection includes items that were originally part of the Garfield Merner collection of Native American artifacts. The collection consists of vessels made of Jicara gourds, woven bags, a model canoe, textiles, a woven hat, and other items. Some objects may have come from the Dale Johnson McLeod collection.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Indians of North America

Native American crafts

Indigenous art

Indian textile fabrics

Mexico - Indigenous art

Philippines -- Indigenous crafts

BOX 1

Woven hat, leaves and bamboo. Diameter: 19 inches. Luzon, Philippines

BOX 2

2.1: Ceramic redware brazier or stove with iron handles, broken. Slip of paper with sherds reads: "Stove used by early Chinese miners in Idaho, Presented by Josie Pearl, Nevada" Dried corn cob

2.2: Basketry bag with broken strap handle, Mexico

2.3: Fiber woven belt or strap, rolled up and tied

2.3: Woven cloth basket with strap, “Chiapas, Mexico”

2.3: Ladle or dipper made from a gourd, with repaired cracks

2.4: Model canoe made of bark, wood, thread and nails. Damage on one end

2.4: Fiber brush with integral handle, Mexico

BOX 3

Wool weaving with fringe on ends, beige with designs, 13” x 9”

Wool weaving with fringe on ends, gray with designs, 13” x 9”

Jicara gourd vessel, cracked, approximately 11” diameter

Jicara gourd bowl, 9 1/2” diameter

Painted gourd bowl, with image of jaguar, flowers, and birds; repaired, 7” diameter

Woolen fringed belt or sash, Mexico; moth damage

Painted wooden rasp with carved bird head (musical instrument used with additional stick, possibly stick listed below)

Wooden stick with carved snake at one end (possibly goes with rasp above)

BOX 4

Conical burden basket; “Shoshone, Idaho,” damaged and fragile