Seed beater

Museum number:
1-28566
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010028566
Accession number:
Acc.667
Description:
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.
Donor:
Gladys Ayer Nomland and University Appropriation
Collection place:
16-18 miles above Blue Lake, Mad River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mad River; Upper Mad River
Culture or time period:
Nongatl
Collector:
Gladys Ayer Nomland, Minnie Pete, and Will Taggitt
Collection date:
July 1931
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Seed beaters, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1931
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters and length 38.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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