Seed beater

Museum number:
1-401
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010000401
Alternate number:
98 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13
Description:
Seed beater. Rough, plain, twined bowl with string-wound handle, of willow. Whole willow shoots, peeled and unpeeled. Somewhat worn. The bowl of the beater is similar to those made by Little Lake Pomo.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Mitoám Kai Pomo and Yuki
Collector:
John Preston Stanley, J. W. Hudson, and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Seed beaters, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
For gathering seeds.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 56 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: Neg. 15-6083. Published: B A E B 78 Pl 29. Remarks: For materials, see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 52.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-401, described as Seed beater. Rough, plain, twined bowl with string-wound handle, of willow. Whole willow shoots, peeled and unpeeled. Somewhat worn. The bowl of the beater is similar to those made by Little Lake Pomo.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-401, described as Seed beater. Rough, plain, twined bowl with string-wound handle, of willow. Whole willow shoots, peeled and unpeeled. Somewhat worn. The bowl of the beater is similar to those made by Little Lake Pomo.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-401, described as Seed beater. Rough, plain, twined bowl with string-wound handle, of willow. Whole willow shoots, peeled and unpeeled. Somewhat worn. The bowl of the beater is similar to those made by Little Lake Pomo.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-401, described as Seed beater. Rough, plain, twined bowl with string-wound handle, of willow. Whole willow shoots, peeled and unpeeled. Somewhat worn. The bowl of the beater is similar to those made by Little Lake Pomo.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-401, described as Seed beater. Rough, plain, twined bowl with string-wound handle, of willow. Whole willow shoots, peeled and unpeeled. Somewhat worn. The bowl of the beater is similar to those made by Little Lake Pomo.

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