Finding Aid for the Baja California (Paipai) Indian Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections, 1955-1959

Paipai wooden paddle 1955 December 20

Scope and Content Note

Wooden pottery making tool.

Collected in 1955 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai olla 1955 December 20

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Scope and Content Note

Ceramic olla.

Collected between 1955 and 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai double spouted olla 1959 December 31

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Scope and Content Note

Ceramic olla.

Collected between 1955 and 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai water bottle 1958

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Scope and Content Note

Ceramic water bottle.

Collected between 1955 and 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai bowl 1958

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Collected between 1955 and 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai bowl with carrying net 1959

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Scope and Content Note

Seed collecting jar (a) with net (b) made of agave fiber.

Collected in 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate student in anthropology Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai water dipper 1959

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Scope and Content Note

Ceramic water dipper.

Collected between 1955 and 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai cup 1959 December 31

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Collected between 1955 and 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai cream pitcher 1959

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Scope and Content Note

Ceramic cream pitcher made by the Paipai to sell.

Collected between 1955 and 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai club 1959

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Paipai anvil 1955

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Scope and Content Note

A fired ceramic anvil used as a pottery making tool.

Collected between 1955 - 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai throwing stick 1959

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A rabbit hunting stick collected in 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate student in anthropology Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai lariat 1959

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Scope and Content Note

Constructed of twined cow hide.

Collected in 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate student in anthropology Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai female doll 1959

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Collected in 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate student in anthropology Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai female doll with printed skirt 1959

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Scope and Content Note

Collected in 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate student in anthropology Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai male doll 1959

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Collected in 1959 from the Pai Pai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate student in anthropology Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai cradle board 1959

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Scope and Content Note

Cradle board constructed of willow and mule deer skin.

Collected in 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate student in anthropology Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai agave digger 1959

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Scope and Content Note

A wedge of desert agave used as a digging stick or shovel.

Collected in 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate student in anthropology Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai basket undated

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Collected between 1955 and 1959 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai prickly pear hook 1958

Scope and Content Note

A cane used in food gathering to collect prickly pears and pinon pine seeds.

Collected in 1955 from the Paipai Indians of Santa Catarina, Baja, California by UCLA graduate students in anthropology Thomas Hinton and Roger Owen, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell, and others.

Paipai basalt metate A.D. 500 - 1820

Paipai ceramic spindle whorl, small A.D. 500 - 1820

Paipai slate spindle whorl A.D. 500 - 1820

Paipai ceramic spindle whorl, large A.D. 500 - 1820

Paipai chert point A.D. 500 - 1820

Paipai obsidian point, small A.D. 500 - 1820

Paipai rhyolite point A.D. 500 - 1820

Paipai obsidian point, large A.D. 500 - 1820

Paipai volcanic metate A.D. 500 - 1820

Paipai granite mano

Scope and Content Note

A.D. 500 - 1820

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