Water breaker

Museum number:
1-198233a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101198233a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.1429
Description:
Water breaker set for leaching acorn mush. a) Basket. Round, openwork. b) & c) Bundled redwood branches.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project
Collection place:
Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Sonoma
Culture or time period:
Kashia
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
June 1961
Materials:
Redwood shoots
Taxon:
Sequoia sempervirens
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1961
Context of use:
For leaching acorn mush.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
a)— diameter 8 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-198233a-c, described as Water breaker set for leaching acorn mush. a) Basket. Round, openwork. b) & c) Bundled redwood branches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-198233a-c, described as Water breaker set for leaching acorn mush. a) Basket. Round, openwork. b) & c) Bundled redwood branches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-198233a-c, described as Water breaker set for leaching acorn mush. a) Basket. Round, openwork. b) & c) Bundled redwood branches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Water breaker, accession number 1-198233a-c, described as Water breaker set for leaching acorn mush. a) Basket. Round, openwork. b) & c) Bundled redwood branches.

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