Winnower

Museum number:
1-20983
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
115 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern
Culture or time period:
Shoshone
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Brake fern and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Pteris quilina and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Twined weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Winnowing basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 12.5 inches and length 15 inches
Comment:
Second original no. 237. For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 94.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Winnower, accession number 1-20983, described as Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Winnower, accession number 1-20983, described as Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnower, accession number 1-20983, described as Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnower, accession number 1-20983, described as Winnower basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).

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