Clay slingshot and basket

Museum number:
1-10604
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010604
Accession number:
Acc.255
Description:
Mud balls (24), round, baked. In basket, tule, oval, with handle. "These balls are made only of a whitish earth and are found only in a few places. Baked close by the fire.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Lower Lake, Lake County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Lake; Lower Lake
Culture or time period:
Southeastern Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Mud
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baked
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Thrown with sling (1-10605) to kill ducks and mud hens.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
depth 11 centimeters, width 19 centimeters, and length 37.5 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "xoluxuna (tule basket)" Photo: 15-21428
Loans:
S1981-1982 #43: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Glynn Llywelyn Isaac (February 19, 1982–April 13, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Clay slingshot and basket, accession number 1-10604, described as Mud balls (24), round, baked. In basket, tule, oval, with handle. "These balls are made only of a whitish earth and are found only in a few places. Baked close by the fire.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Clay slingshot and basket, accession number 1-10604, described as Mud balls (24), round, baked. In basket, tule, oval, with handle. "These balls are made only of a whitish earth and are found only in a few places. Baked close by the fire.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Clay slingshot and basket, accession number 1-10604, described as Mud balls (24), round, baked. In basket, tule, oval, with handle. "These balls are made only of a whitish earth and are found only in a few places. Baked close by the fire.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay slingshot and basket, accession number 1-10604, described as Mud balls (24), round, baked. In basket, tule, oval, with handle. "These balls are made only of a whitish earth and are found only in a few places. Baked close by the fire.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay slingshot and basket, accession number 1-10604, described as Mud balls (24), round, baked. In basket, tule, oval, with handle. "These balls are made only of a whitish earth and are found only in a few places. Baked close by the fire.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clay slingshot and basket, accession number 1-10604, described as Mud balls (24), round, baked. In basket, tule, oval, with handle. "These balls are made only of a whitish earth and are found only in a few places. Baked close by the fire.

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