Seed beater

Museum number:
1-10145
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010145
Alternate number:
264 (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 and weft are Willow (Salix). Turned weft. Open, diagonally twined, with cloth wrapped around the handle, reinforced rim. Made of unpeeled and peeled shoots, whole and split. Decoration: foundation in dark red, unpeeled material, weft in partially peeled material, provides light/dark contrast.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Murphys, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Murphys
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix
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:
30.7 centimeters and length 58 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: kutussi - seed beater. For further information of materials, see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 39. Photo: 15-5970. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, p. 39.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10145, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Turned weft. Open, diagonally twined, with cloth wrapped around the handle, reinforced rim. Made of unpeeled and peeled shoots, whole and split. Decoration: foundation in dark red, unpeeled material, weft in partially peeled material, provides light/dark contrast.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10145, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Turned weft. Open, diagonally twined, with cloth wrapped around the handle, reinforced rim. Made of unpeeled and peeled shoots, whole and split. Decoration: foundation in dark red, unpeeled material, weft in partially peeled material, provides light/dark contrast.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10145, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Turned weft. Open, diagonally twined, with cloth wrapped around the handle, reinforced rim. Made of unpeeled and peeled shoots, whole and split. Decoration: foundation in dark red, unpeeled material, weft in partially peeled material, provides light/dark contrast.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10145, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Turned weft. Open, diagonally twined, with cloth wrapped around the handle, reinforced rim. Made of unpeeled and peeled shoots, whole and split. Decoration: foundation in dark red, unpeeled material, weft in partially peeled material, provides light/dark contrast.

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