Paddle

Museum number:
1-10070
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010070
Alternate number:
179 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
For mush. Very narrow, hollow, with a rounded blade. Made of wood.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Angels Camp
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Maker or artist:
Husband of Manuella
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used to stir acorn mush.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 83 centimeters and 7 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: tolowa utawa. Photo: 15-2775. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 31.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #10: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (August 24, 1961–September 14, 1961) and S1964-1965 #3: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (July 13, 1964–October 19, 1964)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-10070, described as For mush. Very narrow, hollow, with a rounded blade. Made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-10070, described as For mush. Very narrow, hollow, with a rounded blade. Made of wood.

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