Seed beater
- Museum number:
- 1-10240
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010010240
- Alternate number:
- 362 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
- Description:
- Seed beater; twined. Warp is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is also Redbud. Weft is turned.
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
- Collection place:
- Wawona, Mariposa County, California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Mariposa; Wawona
- Culture or time period:
- Eastern Miwok
- Maker or artist:
- Old Susie
- Collector:
- Samuel A. Barrett
- Collection date:
- 1906
- Materials:
- Redbud
- Taxon:
- Cercis occidentalis
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Basketry (object genre), Seed beaters, and Twined weaving
- Function:
- 1.2 Gathering
- Accession date:
- 1906
- Context of use:
- Used to harvest seeds.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- 23 centimeters, height 7 centimeters, and length 30 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1962-1963 #19: Montecito Elementary School/Maxine Rockwell (October 23, 1962–October 25, 1962), S1963-1964 #35: Jefferson Elementary School/Barbara Barclay (October 29, 1963–November 5, 1963), S1966-1967 #67: Education Department (UC Berkeley)/Lily (February 2, 1967–February 27, 1967), S1967-1968 #137: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1968–May 28, 1968), and S1986-1987 #11: Department of Forestry, UC Berkeley (November 5, 1986–December 1, 1986)
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- Legacy documentation:
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