Winnowing tray

Museum number:
1-70119
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010070119
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, deep tray. Tag: "Mission Type" "Snake". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in shape of winnower; made for sale. Materials include a deergrass bundle foundation and orange, tan, and black dyed juncus wefts. The primary design is a coiled rattlesnake. The workface is on the inside. The wefts are bound under and the work direction is to the right. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a half inch long herringbone finish.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Southwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Southwest California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, Herringbone, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 5 inches and diameter 18 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-70119, described as Coiled, deep tray. Tag: "Mission Type" "Snake". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in shape of winnower; made for sale. Materials include a deergrass bundle foundation and orange, tan, and black dyed juncus wefts. The primary design is a coiled rattlesnake. The workface is on the inside. The wefts are bound under and the work direction is to the right. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a half inch long herringbone finish.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-70119, described as Coiled, deep tray. Tag: "Mission Type" "Snake". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in shape of winnower; made for sale. Materials include a deergrass bundle foundation and orange, tan, and black dyed juncus wefts. The primary design is a coiled rattlesnake. The workface is on the inside. The wefts are bound under and the work direction is to the right. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a half inch long herringbone finish.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-70119, described as Coiled, deep tray. Tag: "Mission Type" "Snake". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in shape of winnower; made for sale. Materials include a deergrass bundle foundation and orange, tan, and black dyed juncus wefts. The primary design is a coiled rattlesnake. The workface is on the inside. The wefts are bound under and the work direction is to the right. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a half inch long herringbone finish.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-70119, described as Coiled, deep tray. Tag: "Mission Type" "Snake". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in shape of winnower; made for sale. Materials include a deergrass bundle foundation and orange, tan, and black dyed juncus wefts. The primary design is a coiled rattlesnake. The workface is on the inside. The wefts are bound under and the work direction is to the right. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a half inch long herringbone finish.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Winnowing tray, accession number 1-70119, described as Coiled, deep tray. Tag: "Mission Type" "Snake". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad low bowl in shape of winnower; made for sale. Materials include a deergrass bundle foundation and orange, tan, and black dyed juncus wefts. The primary design is a coiled rattlesnake. The workface is on the inside. The wefts are bound under and the work direction is to the right. The basket has a plain wrapped rim with a half inch long herringbone finish.

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