Paddle

Museum number:
1-10154
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010154
Alternate number:
273 (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:
Wooden mush paddle. Bent and stick-like.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
American Camp, Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; American Camp
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used in preparing acorn soup and other foods.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 79.6 centimeters and 11 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: "utawa". Samuel A. Barrett notes that this paddle form is typical of the southen Miwok area; for an example of the northern type, cf. 1-9905.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-10154, described as Wooden mush paddle. Bent and stick-like.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-10154, described as Wooden mush paddle. Bent and stick-like.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-10154, described as Wooden mush paddle. Bent and stick-like.

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