Seed beater

Museum number:
1-3982
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010003982
Alternate number:
980 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.114
Description:
Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Handled scoop.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Picayune rancheria, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
from the Chukchansi at Picyuna (Katanin) 5 m from coarse Gold, Madera county.
Culture or time period:
Chukchansi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
January 8-17, 1904
Materials:
Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Seed beaters, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 58 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 77.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-3982, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Handled scoop.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-3982, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Handled scoop.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-3982, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Handled scoop.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-3982, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Handled scoop.

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