Brush

Museum number:
1-216520
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1181
Description:
Made of soaproot; flat, triangular; fibers bunched together with string and pitch to form handle.
Donor:
Marjorie Cook Wilson
Collection place:
Sierra foothills, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California. Donor lived in Yosemite Valley.
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
May C. Cook
Collection date:
1900-1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brushes (implements)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Acorn meal brush.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 9.5 centimeters and length 17 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Brush, accession number 1-216520, described as Made of soaproot; flat, triangular; fibers bunched together with string and pitch to form handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Brush, accession number 1-216520, described as Made of soaproot; flat, triangular; fibers bunched together with string and pitch to form handle.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Brush, accession number 1-216520, described as Made of soaproot; flat, triangular; fibers bunched together with string and pitch to form handle.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Brush, accession number 1-216520, described as Made of soaproot; flat, triangular; fibers bunched together with string and pitch to form handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-216520, described as Made of soaproot; flat, triangular; fibers bunched together with string and pitch to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-216520, described as Made of soaproot; flat, triangular; fibers bunched together with string and pitch to form handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-216520, described as Made of soaproot; flat, triangular; fibers bunched together with string and pitch to form handle.

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