Seed beater

Museum number:
2-48382
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020048382
Alternate number:
1-51465 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.768
Description:
Oval scoop shape; plain twined openwork. Made of willow shoot.
Donor:
Lillian Barstow
Collection place:
Nevada
Culture or time period:
Northern Paiute
Collector:
Wallace Barstow
Collection date:
1940
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Seed beaters, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1940
Context of use:
Seed beater.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 25 centimeters and length 43.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 2-48382, described as Oval scoop shape; plain twined openwork. Made of willow shoot.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seed beater, accession number 2-48382, described as Oval scoop shape; plain twined openwork. Made of willow shoot.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 2-48382, described as Oval scoop shape; plain twined openwork. Made of willow shoot.

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