Object name: Seed beater / Collection place: Mad River, Humboldt County, California / Donor: Gladys Ayer Nomland - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-28566, described as Twined seed beater. Openwork, plain twining, 3 rows at edge are more closely twined. Handle twined around a stick bundle, flaring out at end and more closely twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined seed beater, probably used. Materials are conifer root weft; rods are a peeled shoot, perhaps willow. Plain-twined openwork. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an interior workface. The handle is bound to the scoop through scoop start. The rim is trimmed.