Stirrer

Museum number:
1-4300
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004300
Alternate number:
1547 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
Description:
Three sticks tied together with cotton string and copper wire; stub ends and some cracks. Made with wooden branches of equal length and width.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Mush stirrer.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 53.5 centimeters and circumference 2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stirrer, accession number 1-4300, described as Three sticks tied together with cotton string and copper wire; stub ends and some cracks. Made with wooden branches of equal length and width.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stirrer, accession number 1-4300, described as Three sticks tied together with cotton string and copper wire; stub ends and some cracks. Made with wooden branches of equal length and width.

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